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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014
July 28, 2014
FACts And FigUres
Facts and Figures
UnemplOyment rAte — 7.1 per cent, JUne 2014
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 263.2 236.4 26.9 10.2 down 2.5
prince edward island 86.0 80.6 5.4 6.3 down 4.8
nova scotia 501.6 461.9 39.7 7.9 down 1.0
new brunswick 402.1 368.4 33.8 8.4 down 2.0
Quebec 4,460.6 4,134.3 326.3 7.3 down 0.6
Ontario 7,604.6 7,034.9 569.7 7.5 down 0.2
manitoba 676.3 643.9 32.4 4.8 down 0.5
saskatchewan 596.4 576.9 19.5 3.3 down 0.3
Alberta 2,435.4 2,318.4 117.0 4.8 unchanged
british Columbia 2,504.8 2,359.6 145.2 5.8 down 0.6
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 3,075.0 2,658.3 416.7 13.6 down 1.6
25 to 54 12,688.0 11,974.1 713.9 5.6 unchanged
55+ 3,768.2 3,582.7 185.5 4.9 down 0.1
25+, men 8,735.4 8,241.1 494.3 5.7 down 0.3
25+, women 7,720.8 7,315.7 405.1 5.2 down 0.1
total 19,531.2 18,215.1 1,316.0 6.7 down 0.5
COnsUmer priCe index — 2.4 per cent, JUne 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 146.0 149.0 122.7 125.2
may 146.4 149.7 123.0 125.8
June 146.4 149.8 123.0 125.9
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%
June 2013 to June 2014 2.3% 2.4%
June 2014 (1986=100) 228.3 191.9
June 2014 (1981=100) 302.6 254.3
June 2014 (1971=100) 716.7 602.4
COnsUmer priCe index — provinces, JUne 2014
June 2014 (2002=100) % change from June 2013
newfoundland and labrador 129.1 2.5
prince edward island 130.5 2.0
nova scotia 129.2 2.2
new brunswick 124.9 2.0
Quebec 123.9 1.7
Ontario 126.9 3.0
manitoba 126.0 1.9
saskatchewan 129.0 2.2
Alberta 132.3 1.9
british Columbia 119.8 1.9
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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