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Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
May 27, 2019
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.7 PER CENT, APRIL 2019
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 259.2 228.8 30.4 11.7 up 0.2
Prince Edward Island 85.1 77.8 7.3 8.6 down 0.3
Nova Scotia 498.8 464.4 34.4 6.9 up 0.7
New Brunswick 386.6 355.7 30.9 8 up 0.1
Quebec 4,564.5 4,339.5 225 4.9 down 0.3
Ontario 7,887.2 7,417.1 470.1 6 up 0.1
Manitoba 689.8 654.2 35.6 5.2 up 0.2
Saskatchewan 613.7 580.4 33.3 5.4 up 0.5
Alberta 2,518.3 2,349.8 168.5 6.7 down 0.2
British Columbia 2,684.7 2,561.6 123.2 4.6 down 0.1
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,831.1 2,540 291.2 10.3 down 0.4
25 to 54 12,976.8 12,341 635.8 4.9 up 0.1
55+ 4,379.9 4,148.1 231.8 5.3 down 0.3
25+, men 9,162.1 8,681.1 481 5.2 unchanged
25+, women 8,194.6 7,808.1 386.6 4.7 unchanged
Total 20,187.8 19,029.1 1,158.7 5.7 down 0.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, APRIL 2019
April 2019 (2002=100) % change from April 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 139.7 1.5
Prince Edward Island 137.8 1.2
Nova Scotia 137.4 1.3
New Brunswick 136.4 1.7
Quebec 131.5 1.8
Ontario 137.4 1.9
Manitoba 137.1 2.3
Saskatchewan 140.6 2.3
Alberta 143.7 2.2
British Columbia 131.2 2.7
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2 PER CENT, APRIL 2019
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2019
January 154.1 156.8 131.7 133.6
February 154.4 157.7 132.5 134.5
March 154.7 158.2 132.9 135.4
April 155.2 158.6 132.8 136
May 155.3 158.8
June 155.2 159
July 155.3 159.9
August 155.4 159.8
September 155.6 159.1
October 155.8 159.6
November 156.3 158.9
December 155.7 158.8
Annual Average 158.8
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
Average Annual increase
Terminated by Statistics Canada
2.3%
April 2018 to April 2019
Terminated by Statistics Canada
2.1%
April 2019 (1986=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
207.3
April 2019 (1981=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
274.7
April 2019 (1971=100)
Terminated by Statistics Canada
650.7
Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019
PROVINCES, APRIL 2019
% change from April 2018
Terminated by Statistics Canada
131.7 133.6
2.3%
2.1%
207.3
274.7
650.7
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