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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES/CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — FEBRUARY, 2014
Labour force (000s) Employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 256.2 222.6 33.6 13.1 down 1.1
Prince Edward Island 81.2 70.1 11.1 13.7 down 0.9
Nova Scotia 483.9 437.2 46.8 9.1 down 0.1
New Brunswick 383.5 341.4 42.1 11.0 up 0.1
Quebec 4,314.8 3,935.7 379.1 8.8 up 0.3
Ontario 7,355.3 6,801.2 554.1 7.5 down 0.1
Manitoba 660.3 623.6 36.7 5.6 up 0.1
Saskatchewan 573.3 551.6 21.7 3.8 down 0.7
Alberta 2,342.4 2,241.4 101.0 4.3 down 0.4
British Columbia 2,443.1 2,279.3 163.8 6.7 down 0.2
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,629.0 2,270.5 358.5 13.6 down 0.5
25 to 54 12,589.4 11,795.0 794.3 6.3 unchanged
55+ 3,675.7 3,438.4 237.3 6.5 unchanged
25+, men 8,591.5 7,979.7 611.8 7.1 unchanged
25+, women 7,673.5 7,253.8 419.8 5.5 up 0.1
Total 18,894.1 17,504.0 1,390.1 7.4 unchanged
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — FEBRUARY 2014
(1992=100) 2013 (1992=100) 2014 (2002=100) 2013 (2002=100) 2014
January 144.3 146.5 121.3 123.1
February 146.1 147.7 122.7 124.1
March 146.3 122.9
April 146.0 122.7
May 146.4 123.0
June 146.4 123.0
July 146.6 123.1
August 146.6 123.1
September 146.7 123.3
October 146.5 123.0
November 146.4 123.0
December 146.1 122.7
Annual Average 146.2 122.8
Average Annual Increase 1.2% 1.2%
February 2013 to February 2014 1.1% 1.1%
February 2014 (1986=100) 225.2 189.2
February 2014 (1981=100) 298.4 250.7
February 2014 (1971=100) 706.7 593.8
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2014
February 2014 (2002=100) % change from February 2013
Newfoundland and Labrador 127.6 1.4
Prince Edward Island 130.1 2.7
Nova Scotia 128.4 1.3
New Brunswick 124.4 1.1
Quebec 122.6 0.4
Ontario 124.6 1.5
Manitoba 124.3 2.2
Saskatchewan 127.8 2.3
Alberta 130.8 2.4
British Columbia 118.0 -0.3
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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