The province's unemployment rate remained significantly above the national average throughout the entire 2010s.
Atlantic Canada Prosperity
May 22, 2023
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April 29, 2023
4:30AM
Residents in the region pay some of the highest tax rates on personal income, goods and services.
March 21, 2023
12:58PM
The province will record a $40 million budget surplus this year.
February 22, 2023
9:24AM
Among nine P.E.I. premiers since 1965, Premier King has overseen the third-highest average annual increase in per-person spending.
December 26, 2022
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In all four Atlantic provinces, workers at the national average income level must earn more than $152 to boost their after-tax income by $100.
December 20, 2022
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Between 2010 and 2020, the percentage of tax filers giving to charity decreased by 24.7 per cent in Nova Scotia.
August 10, 2022
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Government spending in Nova Scotia encompassed 60.2 per cent of the economy.
July 27, 2022
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The province's private-sector investment per worker was $11,300—the lowest level in Canada and 47 per cent below the national average.
March 31, 2022
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The province's spending is projected to increase by $664 million over the next three years.
February 25, 2022
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The province's per-person spending will increase from $15,022 before the pandemic to $15,738 by 2024/25.
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