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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014
May 5, 2014
UnemPloYment rAtes/ConsUmer PriCe index
FACts And FigUres
UnemPloYment rAte — March 2014
Labour Force (000s) Employment (000s)
Unemployment Unemployment rate change from
(000s) (%) Previous Month
newfoundland and labrador 255.6 221.2 34.4 13.5 up 0.7
Prince edward island 81.4 69.8 11.6 14.3 up 0.4
nova scotia 482.1 434.7 47.4 9.8 up 0.4
new brunswick 383.3 341.2 42.0 11.0 up 0.7
Quebec 4,322.6 3,949.6 373.0 8.6 up 0.4
ontario 7,348.5 6,791.3 557.1 7.6 up 0.2
manitoba 660.3 623.5 36.8 5.6 up 0.2
saskatchewan 576.2 551.6 24.7 4.3 up 0.4
Alberta 2,340.1 2,231.1 109.0 4.7 up 0.3
british Columbia 2,443.9 2,286.1 157.8 6.5 down 0.1
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,673.9 2,309.7 364.1 13.6 unchanged
25 to 54 12,584.6 11,799.1 785.6 6.2 down 0.1
55+ 3,683.4 3,439.2 244.2 6.6 up 0.1
25+, men 8,608.0 7,994.0 614.0 7.1 unchanged
25+, women 7,660.0 7,244.2 415.8 5.4 down 0.1
total 18,941.9 17,548.0 1,393.9 7.4 unchanged
ConsUmer PriCe index — aLL caNaDa, March 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 146.3 148.6 122.9 124.8
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%
march 2013 to march 2014 1.5% 1.6%
march 2014 (1986=100) 226.5 190.2
march 2014 (1981=100) 300.2 252.1
march 2014 (1971=100) 711.0 597.1
ConsUmer PriCe index — PrOVINcES, March 2014
March 2014 (2002=100) % change from March 2013
newfoundland and labrador 128.4 2.0
Prince edward island 130.9 3.0
nova scotia 128.9 1.7
new brunswick 125.1 1.5
Quebec 122.9 0.9
ontario 125.1 1.5
manitoba 125.1 2.3
saskatchewan 128.7 2.8
Alberta 133.1 3.9
british Columbia 118.6 0.1
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.