Quick Fact Dashboard About the Dashboard This quick fact dashboard presents a range of economic and social indicators for Newfoundland and Labrador. The individual indicators can be explored in more detail to show the change over time using an interactive chart and data table as well as providing additional information, sources, or tools. The list presented is not intended to be exhaustive or inclusive of a defined framework and will be adjusted over time to include additional indicators of importance. Population and Demography Population April 2026 547,910 Y/Y Change: -1,546 April 2025 Value: 549,456 More Details Natural Change 1st Quarter 2026 -941 Y/Y Change: -95 1st Quarter 2025 Value: -846 More Details Net Migration 1st Quarter 2026 294 Y/Y Change: -1,166 1st Quarter 2025 Value: 1,460 More Details Labour Labour Force May 2026 269,100 seasonally adjusted Y/Y % Change: -1.82% May 2025 Value: 274,100 More Details Persons Employed May 2026 243,200 seasonally adjusted Y/Y % Change: -1.70% May 2025 Value: 247,400 More Details Unemployment Rate May 2026 9.6 % seasonally adjusted Y/Y Change:-0.1 pct points May 2025 Value: 9.7 % More Details Participation Rate May 2026 56.7 % seasonally adjusted Y/Y Change:-1.5 pct points May 2025 Value: 58.2 % More Details Actual Hours Worked May 2026 8,589,600 Y/Y % Change: -1.48% May 2025 Value: 8,718,900 More Details Employment Insurance Beneficiaries April 2026 41,540 unadjusted Y/Y % Change: 1.99% April 2025 Value: 40,730 More Details Consumer Activity Retail Trade Sales April 2026 1.044 $ billions, unadjusted, 2022 NAICS Y/Y % Change: 1.60% April 2025 Value: 1.027 $ billions More Details New Motor Vehicle Sales April 2026 $171,051,000 Y/Y % Change: -7.96% April 2025 Value: $185,842,000 More Details Consumer Price Index (monthly) May 2026 170.7 Y/Y % Change: 4.4% May 2025 Value: 163.5 More Details Consumer Price Index (annual) 2025 164.2 average across year Y/Y % Change: 1.4% 2024 Value: 161.9 More Details Household Consumption (2017 constant prices) 2024 19.015 $ billions Y/Y % Change: 2.09% 2023 Value: 18.626 $ billions More Details New Housing Price Index May 2026 109.8 house and land Y/Y % Change: 0.00% May 2025 Value: 109.8 More Details Food services and Drinking places sales April 2026 $96,274,000 seasonally adjusted Y/Y % Change: 3.43% April 2025 Value: $93,084,000 More Details Consumer Bankruptcies April 2026 55 Y/Y % Change: -17.91% April 2025 Value: 67 More Details Construction Investment In New Building Construction April 2026 $45,076,529 Y/Y % Change: 13.44% April 2025 Value: $39,734,308 More Details Number of Building Permits April 2026 517 residential and non-residential, all types of work Y/Y % Change: -20.46% April 2025 Value: 650 More Details Housing Starts 1st Quarter 2026 224 houses Y/Y % Change: 35.76% 1st Quarter 2025 Value: 165 More Details Industry Oil Production April 2026 9,383,588 barrels Y/Y % Change: 26.41% April 2025 Value: 7,423,371 More Details Mineral Shipments 2025 4.584 $ billions, gross value Y/Y % Change: 9.04% 2024 Value: 4.204 $ billions More Details Manufacturing Shipments April 2026 $435,494,000 Y/Y % Change: 20.54% April 2025 Value: $361,300,000 More Details Total Fish Landings 2025 1.274 $ billions, all species Y/Y % Change: 32.28% 2024 Value: $963,287,086 More Details Newsprint Shipments 1st Quarter 2026 8,529 tonnes Y/Y % Change: -81.62% 1st Quarter 2025 Value: 46,409 More Details Income Total Household Income 2024 33.378 $ billions Y/Y % Change: 6.63% 2023 Value: 31.302 $ billions More Details Average Weekly Earnings April 2026 $1,294.24 2026 data is preliminary Y/Y % Change: 1.51% April 2025 Value: $1,275.01 More Details Percentage of People in Low Income 2024 10.4 % StatCan MBM Y/Y Change:-0.9 pct points 2023 Value: 11.3 % More Details Number of People in Low Income 2024 55,600 rounded StatCan MBM Y/Y % Change: -7.02% 2023 Value: 59,800 More Details Income Support Recipients April 2026 29,304 Y/Y % Change: -0.78% April 2025 Value: 29,533 More Details Economic Output Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 2024 42.219 $ billions Y/Y % Change: 4.60% 2023 Value: 40.363 $ billions More Details Gross Domestic Product (chained 2017) 2024 32.350 $ billions Y/Y % Change: 2.66% 2023 Value: 31.512 $ billions More Details Exports for All Industries April 2026 1.892 $ billions Y/Y % Change: 71.48% April 2025 Value: 1.103 $ billions More Details
