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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
February 5, 2018
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.7 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2017
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 263.6 224.8 38.8 14.7 up 0.3
Prince Edward Island 82.9 74.9 8.1 9.8 up 1
Nova Scotia 494.5 454.8 39.7 8 down 0.8
New Brunswick 386.7 356.4 30.3 7.8 down 0.5
Quebec 4,507.8 4,285.9 221.9 4.9 down 0.5
Ontario 7,645.3 7,222.7 422.6 5.5 unchanged
Manitoba 684.8 646.1 38.7 5.7 up 0.3
Saskatchewan 607.2 568.5 38.7 6.4 up 0.4
Alberta 2,495.2 2,322.3 172.9 6.9 down 0.4
British Columbia 2,609.8 2,491 118.8 4.6 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,770.8 2,485.1 285.7 10.3 down 0.5
25 to 54 12,764.7 12,147.7 617 4.8 down 0.1
55+ 4,242.3 4,014.7 227.7 5.4 down 0.1
25+, men 8,959.8 8,498.0 461.8 5.2 down 0.1
25+, women 8,047.3 7,664.4 382.9 4.8 unchanged
Total 19,777.9 18,647.5 1,130.4 5.7 down 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2017
December 2017 (2002=100) % change from December 2016
Newfoundland and Labrador 136.2 1.7
Prince Edward Island 133.5 2
Nova Scotia 132.8 1.7
New Brunswick 132.1 2.9
Quebec 127.5 1.8
Ontario 132 1.5
Manitoba 131.5 2.9
Saskatchewan 135.9 3.4
Alberta 137.6 2
British Columbia 125.2 2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.1 PER CENT, DECEMBER 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 153.7 155.2 155.2 130.4
July 153.4 155.3 128.9 130.4
August 153.2 155.4 128.7 130.5
September 153.3 155.6 128.8 130.8
October 153.7 155.8 129.1 130.9
November 153.1 156.3 128.6 131.3
December 152.8 155.7 128.1 130.8
Annual Average 150.9 126.8
Average Annual increase 2% 2%
December 2016 to December 2017 1.9% 1.9%
December 2017 (1986=100) 237.3 199.4
December 2017 (1981=100) 314.5 264.2
December 2017 (1971=100) 745 625.8
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2017
% change from December 2016
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128.8 130.5
155.2 130.4
128.9 130.4
128.7 130.5
128.8 130.8
129.1 130.9
128.6 131.3
128.1 130.8
126.8
2%
1.9%
199.4
264.2
625.8
FACTS AND FIGURES
