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April 25, 2025
RETAIL TRADE, FEBRUARY 2025

Monthly (seasonally adjusted,  February 2025 vs January 2025)

In Nova Scotia retail trade decreased 2.6% to $1,850 million. Nationally, retail trade decreased 0.4% to $69.3 billion. Seven provinces, led by Nova Scotia, reported declines in retail trade. Manitoba reported the largest growth.

Year over year (Februa...

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April 25, 2025
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PRICE INDEX, Q1 2025

Halifax's residential building construction prices increased by 3.0% from Q1 2024 to Q1 2025.  Across Canada, residential building construction costs were up by 3.4% as well. Among the 15 major urban centres reported, Victoria, Calgary and Regina reported the fastest rise in building construction prices.  Moncton and Toronto reported the slowest increases in residential building construction costs.

UK retail sales values grew by 0.3% while volumes (adjusted to remove the effects of price changes) were up 0.4%.                                              &n...

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April 24, 2025
PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT AND AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, FEBRUARY 2025

Monthly (February 2025 vs January 2025, seasonally adjusted)

Nova Scotia had 460,284 payroll employees in February 2025, down 0.12% (-546) compared to January 2025. Canada had 18.23 million employees, down 0.27% from December 2024. There were declines in eight provinces, led by Prince Edward Island. Québec and Saskatchewan were t...

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April 24, 2025
JOB VACANCIES, FEBRUARY 2025

Monthly (February 2025 vs January 2025, seasonally adjusted)

Nova Scotia had 13,465 job vacancies in February 2025 with a vacancy rate of 2.8%, down from 2.9% in January. Canadian employers were actively recruiting for 527,970 positions in February with the national job vacancy rate unchanged at 2.9% compared to January. Four province...

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