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Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020
March 2, 2020
ARBITRATION AWARDS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JANUARY 2020
JANUARY 2020 (2002=100) % change from DECEMBER 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador 140 2.5
Prince Edward Island 139 3
Nova Scotia 138.5 2.6
New Brunswick 137.3 2.5
Quebec 132.6 2.7
Ontario 138 2.1
Manitoba 137.5 2.5
Saskatchewan 140.6 2.3
Alberta 144.7 3
British Columbia 132.1 2.3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
2.4 PER CENT, JANUARY 2020
(2002=100) 2019 (2002=100) 2020
January 133.6 136.8
February 132.5 134.5
March 132.9 135.4
April 132.8 136
May 133.4 136.6
June 133.6 136.3
July 134.3 137
August 134.2 136.8
September 133.7 136.2
October 134.1 136.6
November 133.5 136.4
December 133.4 136.4
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
ANNUAL 2.4 PER CENT, JANUARY 2020
Average Annual increase 1.9%
JANUARY 2019 to JANUARY 2020
2.4%
JANUARY 2020 (1986=100)
208.5
JANUARY 2020 (1981=100)
276.4
JANUARY 2020 (1971=100)
654.5
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 5.5 PER CENT, JANUARY 2020
Labour Force
(000s)
Employment (000s) Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
Rate (%)
Change from
Previous
Month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 252.5 222.5 30 11.9 up 0.1
Prince Edward Island 86.8 80.3 6.5 7.5 down 0.4
Nova Scotia 504.5 467.3 37.2 7.4 down 0.5
New Brunswick 390.1 360.9 29.2 7.5 unchanged
Quebec 4,597.2 4,364.5 232.7 5.1 down 0.2
Ontario 7,973.6 7,558.3 415.3 5.2 down 0.1
Manitoba 696.7 661 35.7 5.1 up 0.1
Saskatchewan 617.5 580.2 37.3 6 up 0.3
Alberta 2,500.1 2,318.5 181.7 7.3 up 0.3
British Columbia 2,664.5 2,545.6 118.8 4.5 down 0.3
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,822.5 2,531.3 291.2 10.3 down 0.8
25 to 54 13,049.3 12,422.3 627.1 4.8 up 0.1
55+ 4,411.8 4,205.6 206.2 4.7 down 0.1
25+, men 9,229.3 8,776.7 452.5 4.9 unchanged
25+, women 8,231.8 7,851.1 380.7 4.6 unchanged
Total 20,283.5 19,159.1 1,124.4 5.5 down 0.1
