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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
April 30, 2018
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, MARCH 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 260.6 223.5 37.1 14.2 up 0.2
Prince Edward Island 83.8 75.2 8.6 10.3 up 0.2
Nova Scotia 491.4 455.0 36.4 7.4 down 0.5
New Brunswick 384.8 354 30.8 8 down 0.2
Quebec 4,531.1 4,279.6 251.5 5.6 unchanged
Ontario 7,619.2 7,199.2 420 5.5 unchanged
Manitoba 685.8 643.1 42.6 6.2 up 0.3
Saskatchewan 606.1 570.7 35.4 5.8 up 0.2
Alberta 2,481.6 2,325.1 156.5 6.3 down 0.4
British Columbia 2,602.6 2,479.5 123.1 4.7 unchanged
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,775.1 2,472.8 302.3 10.9 down 0.2
25 to 54 12,762.0 12,143.8 618.2 4.8 down 0.1
55+ 4,209.8 3,988.2 221.6 5.3 up 0.2
25+, men 8,963.3 8,504.6 458.7 5.1 unchanged
25+, women 8,008.5 7,627.5 381 4.8 unchanged
Total 19,746.9 18,604.8 1,142.1 5.8 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MARCH 2018
March 2018 (2002=100) % change from March 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 137.5 1.6
Prince Edward Island 135.6 2.4
Nova Scotia 135 2.4
New Brunswick 133.8 2.5
Quebec 128.7 1.6
Ontario 134.6 2.4
Manitoba 133 2.9
Saskatchewan 136.8 2.9
Alberta 139.9 2.3
British Columbia 127.4 2.6
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.3 PER CENT, MARCH 2018
(1992=100) 2017 (1992=100) 2018 (2002=100) 2017 (2002=100) 2018
January 154.1 156.8 129.5 131.7
February 154.4 157.7 129.7 132.5
March 154.7 158.2 129.9 132.9
April 155.2 130.4
May 155.3 130.5
June 155.2 130.4
July 155.3 130.4
August 155.4 130.5
September 155.6 130.8
October 155.8 130.9
November 156.3 131.3
December 155.7 130.8
Annual Average 156.8 131.7
Average Annual increase 1.7% 1.7%
March 2017 to March 2018 2.3% 2.3%
March 2018 (1986=100) 241.2 202.6
March 2018 (1981=100) 319.6 268.5
March 2018 (1971=100) 756.9 635.9
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, MARCH 2018
% change from March 2017
130.5
130.4
130.4
130.5
130.8
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
2.3%
202.6
268.5
635.9