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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
July 2, 2018
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.8 PER CENT, MAY 2018
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 261.2 223.4 37.8 14.5 unchanged
Prince Edward Island 83.6 75.8 7.8 9.3 down 1.9
Nova Scotia 489.5 454.1 35.4 7.2 down 0.5
New Brunswick 385.2 356.9 28.3 7.3 down 0.7
Quebec 4,510.9 4,270.5 240.3 5.3 down 0.1
Ontario 7,646.4 7,209.5 436.9 5.7 up 0.1
Manitoba 691 646.1 44.9 6.5 up 0.4
Saskatchewan 604.5 563.7 40.9 6.8 up 0.5
Alberta 2,481.1 2,326.2 154.9 6.2 up 0.5
British Columbia 2,594.4 2,470 124.4 4.8 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,757.1 2,452.3 304.8 11.1 up 0.2
25 to 54 12,767.1 12,134.5 632.7 4.9 up 0.1
55+ 4,223.6 4,009.5 214.1 5.3 unchanged
25+, men 8,949.5 8,485.3 464.2 5.3 up 0.2
25+, women 8,041.3 7,658.7 382.6 4.6 down 0.2
Total 19,747.8 18,596.2 1,151.6 5.8 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MAY 2018
May 2018 (2002=100) % change from May 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 137.8 1.8
Prince Edward Island 136.5 2.4
Nova Scotia 135.2 2.3
New Brunswick 133.9 2.1
Quebec 129.3 1.7
Ontario 134.9 2.3
Manitoba 133.7 2.7
Saskatchewan 137.9 3
Alberta 140.7 2.6
British Columbia 128.4 2.7
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.2 PER CENT, MAY 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 155.3 158.8 130.5 133.4
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%
May 2017 to May 2018 2.2% 2.2%
May 2018 (1986=100) 242.1 203.4
May 2018 (1981=100) 320.8 269.5
May 2018 (1971=100) 759.8 638.3
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018
PROVINCES, MAY 2018
% change from May 2017
130.5 133.4
130.4
130.4
130.5
130.8
130.9
131.3
130.8
131.7
1.7%
2.2%
203.4
269.5
638.3
