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January 30, 2017

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8 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 Photo: Dim Dimich (Shutterstock) Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 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

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