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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
January 30, 2017
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.8 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2016
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 266.8 227.1 39.7 14.9 up 0.6
Prince Edward Island 80.7 72.1 8.6 10.7 down 0.1
Nova Scotia 489 448.5 40.5 8.3 up 0.3
New Brunswick 391.6 354.9 36.7 9.4 up 0.7
Quebec 4,493.9 4,199.1 294.8 6.6 up 0.4
Ontario 7,527.6 7,046.7 481 6.4 up 0.1
Manitoba 675.4 633 42.4 6.3 up 0.1
Saskatchewan 607.7 568.2 39.5 6.5 down 0.3
Alberta 2,478.3 2,267.3 211 8.5 down 0.5
British Columbia 2,555.7 2,408.1 147.6 5.8 down 0.3
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,803.4 2,451.4 352 12.6 down 0.3
25 to 54 12,700.9 11,962.1 738.9 5.8 unchanged
55+ 4,062.3 3,811.6 250.7 6.2 up 0.5
25+, men 8,862.2 8,297.1 565.1 6.4 unchanged
25+, women 7,901 7,476.5 424.5 5.4 up 0.3
Total 19,566.6 18,225 1,341.6 6.9 up 0.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.5 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2016
(1992=100) 2015 (1992=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2015 (2002=100) 2016
January 148.0 150.9 124.3 126.8
February 149.2 151.3 125.4 127.1
March 150.3 152.2 126.3 127.9
April 150.2 152.7 126.2 128.3
May 151.0 153.3 126.9 128.8
June 151.5 153.7 127.2 129.1
July 151.6 153.4 127.3 128.9
August 151.5 153.2 127.3 128.7
September 151.3 153.3 127.1 128.8
October 151.4 153.7 127.2 129.1
November 151.3 153.1 127.1 128.6
December 150.6 152.8 126.5 128.1
Annual Average 152.8 128.4
Average Annual increase 1.4% 1.9%
Nov. 2015 to Nov. 2016 1.6% 1.5%
Nov. 2016 (1986=100) 232.9 195.3
Nov. 2016 (1981=100) 308.7 258.8
Nov. 2016 (1971=100) 731.1 612.9
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2016
Dec. 2016 (2002=100) % change from Dec. 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 133.9 2.7
Prince Edward Island 130.9 1.2
Nova Scotia 130.6 1.2
New Brunswick 128.4 2.2
Quebec 125.2 0.7
Ontario 130 1.8
Manitoba 127.8 1.3
Saskatchewan 131.4 1.1
Alberta 134.9 1.1
British Columbia 122.7 1.8
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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126.2 128.3
126.9 128.8
127.2 129.1
127.3 128.9
127.3 128.7
127.1 128.8
127.2 129.1
127.1 128.6
126.5 128.1
128.4
1.9%
1.5%
195.3
258.8
612.9
PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2016
% change from Dec. 2015
