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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
May 28, 2018
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, APRIL 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 260.8 222.9 37.9 14.5 up 0.3
Prince Edward Island 84.3 75 9.4 11.2 up 0.9
Nova Scotia 490.5 457.7 32.8 6.7 down 0.7
New Brunswick 385.9 355.1 30.8 8 unchanged
Quebec 4,508.3 4,265.8 242.5 5.4 down 0.2
Ontario 7,632.5 7,208.5 424.1 5.6 up 0.1
Manitoba 689.5 647.2 42.3 6.1 down 0.1
Saskatchewan 603.9 565.8 38 6.3 up 0.5
Alberta 2,489.2 2,323.3 165.9 6.7 up 0.4
British Columbia 2,613.6 2,482.4 131.3 5 up 0.3
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,756 2,450.3 305.7 11.1 up 0.2
25 to 54 12,797.1 12,172.5 624.6 4.9 up 0.1
55+ 4,205.6 3,981 224.7 5.3 unchanged
25+, men 8,965.1 8,488.7 476.4 5.3 up 0.2
25+, women 8,037.6 7,664.7 372.9 4.6 down 0.2
Total 19,758.7 18,603.7 1,155 5.8 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, APRIL 2018
April 2018 (2002=100) % change from April 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 137.7 1.5
Prince Edward Island 136.1 2.2
Nova Scotia 135.7 2.8
New Brunswick 134.1 2.2
Quebec 129.2 1.7
Ontario 134.8 2.1
Manitoba 134 2.9
Saskatchewan 137.5 2.5
Alberta 140.6 2.3
British Columbia 127.7 2.7
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.2 PER CENT, APRIL 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 155.2 158.6 130.4 133.3
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%
April 2017 to April 2018 2.2% 2.2%
April 2018 (1986=100) 241.8 203.2
April 2018 (1981=100) 320.4 269.3
April 2018 (1971=100) 758.9 637.8
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, APRIL 2018
% change from April 2017
130.5
130.4
130.4
130.5
130.8
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
2.2%
203.2
269.3
637.8
