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Table 1
Average hourly earnings by province
| All industries | Private sector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2007 | Change | 1997 | 2007 | Change | |
| 2002 $ | % | 2002 $ | % | |||
| Canada | 17.68 | 18.80 | 6.3 | 16.34 | 17.43 | 6.7 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 14.51 | 16.00 | 10.3 | 12.53 | 14.02 | 11.9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 13.30 | 14.45 | 8.7 | 11.15 | 12.21 | 9.4 |
| Nova Scotia | 14.53 | 15.98 | 10.0 | 12.97 | 14.36 | 10.8 |
| New Brunswick | 14.51 | 15.43 | 6.4 | 12.96 | 13.74 | 6.0 |
| Quebec | 17.23 | 18.00 | 4.5 | 15.63 | 16.48 | 5.5 |
| Ontario | 18.71 | 19.77 | 5.6 | 17.40 | 18.34 | 5.4 |
| Manitoba | 15.69 | 17.00 | 8.3 | 14.09 | 15.28 | 8.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 15.63 | 17.30 | 10.7 | 13.98 | 15.53 | 11.1 |
| Alberta | 17.23 | 19.54 | 13.4 | 16.34 | 18.71 | 14.5 |
| British Columbia | 18.58 | 19.11 | 2.9 | 17.19 | 17.74 | 3.2 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, January to November. | ||||||
