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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
July 3, 2017
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.6 PER CENT, MAY 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 264.9 225.7 39.2 14.8 up 0.8
Prince Edward Island 83.3 75 8.3 10 down 0.3
Nova Scotia 488.6 450.2 38.5 7.9 down 0.4
New Brunswick 384.8 352.3 32.4 8.4 down 0.3
Quebec 4,472.2 4,205 267.2 6 down 0.6
Ontario 7,576.5 7,086.9 489.7 6.5 up 0.7
Manitoba 678.6 642.7 35.9 5.3 down 0.1
Saskatchewan 608.6 570.3 38.3 6.3 up 0.1
Alberta 2,484.2 2,291.1 193.1 7.8 down 0.1
British Columbia 2,612.9 2,466.6 146.3 5.6 up 0.1
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,807.9 2,470.2 337.7 12 up 0.3
25 to 54 12,774.4 12,066.5 707.9 5.5 down 0.1
55+ 4,072.3 3,829 243.3 6 up 0.4
25+, men 8,917.6 8,384.9 532.7 6 unchanged
25+, women 7,929.1 7,510.7 418.5 5.3 up 0.2
Total 19,654.6 18,365.7 1,288.9 6.6 up 0.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MAY 2017
May 2017 (2002=100) % change from May 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 135.4 3
Prince Edward Island 133.3 1.4
Nova Scotia 132.2 0.5
New Brunswick 131.2 2.4
Quebec 127.1 0.7
Ontario 131.9 1.4
Manitoba 130.2 1
Saskatchewan 133.9 0.9
Alberta 137.2 1.2
British Columbia 125 1.9
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.3 PER CENT, MAY 2017
(1992=100) 2016 (1992=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2017
January 150.9 154.1 126.8 129.5
February 151.3 154.4 127.1 129.7
March 152.2 154.7 127.9 129.9
April 152.7 155.2 128.3 130.4
May 153.3 155.3 128.8 130.5
June 153.7 129.1
July 153.4 128.9
August 153.2 128.7
September 153.3 128.8
October 153.7 129.1
November 153.1 128.6
December 152.8 128.1
Annual Average 150.9 126.8
Average Annual increase 2% 2%
May 2016 to May 2017 1.3% 1.3%
May 2017 (1986=100) 236.7 198.9
May 2017 (1981=100) 313.7 263.6
May 2017 (1971=100) 743.1 624.4
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017
PROVINCES, MAY 2017
% change from May 2016
128.8 130.5
129.1
128.9
128.7
128.8
129.1
128.6
128.1
126.8
2%
1.3%
198.9
263.6
624.4
