LABOUR FORCE NUMBERS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX —
PROVINCES, NOVEMBER 2020
NOVEMBER 2020
(2002=100)
% change from
NOVEMBER 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador 141 0.8
Prince Edward Island 138.3 -0.5
Nova Scotia 138.7 0.2
New Brunswick 136.8 -0.4
Quebec 133.5 0.8
Ontario 139 0.9
Manitoba 138.4 0.6
Saskatchewan 141.6 0.8
Alberta 145.4 1.3
British Columbia 133.3 1.1
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Source: Statistics Canada
Average Annual Increase 1.9%
NOVEMBER 2019 to NOVEMBER 2020
1%
NOVEMBER 2020 (1986=100)
209.9
NOVEMBER 2020 (1981=100)
278.2
NOVEMBER 2020 (1971=100)
658.9
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 8.9 PER CENT, NOVEMBER 2020
Labour Force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment Rate
(%)
Change from Previous Month (%)
Newfoundland and Labrador 255.6 224.4 31.3 12.2 down 0.6
Prince Edward Island 86.3 77.4 8.8 10.2 up 0.2
Nova Scotia 500.7 468.5 32.2 6.4 down 2.3
New Brunswick 394.5 356.9 37.7 9.6 down 0.5
Quebec 4,603.4 4,273.7 329.7 7.2 down 0.5
Ontario 8,037.5 7,303.8 733.7 9.1 down 0.5
Manitoba 683.4 632.4 50.9 7.4 up 0.3
Saskatchewan 601.8 560.1 41.7 6.9 up 0.5
Alberta 2,493.4 2,216.6 276.7 11.1 up 0.4
British Columbia 2,694.1 2,501.7 192.4 7.1 down 0.9
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,800.8 2,312.5 488.3 17.4 down 1.4
25 to 54 13,161.2 12,227.4 933.9 7.1 unchanged
55+ 4,388.7 4,075.7 313 7.1 down 0.8
25+, men 9,314.8 8,627.3 687.5 7.4 down 0.4
25+, women 8,235.1 7,675.7 559.4 6.8 unchanged
Total 20,350.8 18,615.6 1,735.2 8.5 down 0.4
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
1 PER CENT, NOVEMBER 2020
(2002=100) 2019 (2002=100) 2020
January 133.6 136.8
February 134.5 137.4
March 135.4 136.6
April 136 135.7
May 136.6 136.1
June 136.3 137.2
July 137 137.2
August 136.8 137
September 136.2 137
October 136.6 137.5
November 136.4 137.7
December
Annual Average
January 11, 2021
8
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