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The lowest level of national unemployment came in 1947 with a 2.2% unemployment rate, a result of the smaller pool of available workers caused by casualties from the Second World War. The highest level of unemployment throughout Canada was set in December 1982, when the early 1980s recession resulted in 13.1% of the adult population being out ...
Province Population Tests Per k Cases Per m Deaths Per m Ref. British Columbia: 5,734,262 6,746,900 1,176.6 434,654 75,803 7,726 1,347.4 [1]Alberta: 4,965,797
[20] [b] In 2019 and 2021, an extra $0.30 was added before applying indexation. In 2020, the minimum wage was increased by $1.00 in lieu of indexation. There were early increases of $0.25 on October 1, 2022 and $0.50 on October 1, 2023. Nunavut: 19.00 January 1, 2024 Ontario [21] 17.20: October 1, 2024
There are also provincial dividend tax credits at different rates in different provinces. For dividends from other Canadian corporations, i.e., "eligible dividends", the gross-up is 38% and the dividend tax credit is 15.0198% (for 2017), [ 18 ] reflecting the higher corporate income tax rate paid by larger corporations.
The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Every province except Alberta has implemented either a provincial sales tax or the Harmonized Sales Tax. The federal GST rate is 5 percent, effective January 1, 2008.
COVID-19 in Ontario public schools # Ref Current number of schools with cases: 1,097 [7] Current number of schools closed: N/A (schools currently on Winter break) [7] Cumulative total (total number of cases reported in schools) 27,064 [7] COVID-19 in Ontario daycare centres # Ref Current number of childcare centres with cases: 440 [8]
The RBC said in April 2019, that the Ford government's debt target is soft, aiming to reduce the net debt-to-GDP ratio to "less than the inherited 40.8%" in the early years to "38.6% by 2023-2024." [20] By 2019, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce reported that Ontario's debt was over $348 billion—representing about 41% of provincial GDP of ...
Following the expiration of the stay-at-home order, on May 20, 2021, the provincial government released a three-step roadmap to reopen the economy based on vaccination rate goals. [25] In late summer 2021, the province began preparing for a fourth wave of the virus, which was now largely affecting unvaccinated individuals. [26]