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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014
UnemPloYment rAtes/ConsUmer PriCe indeX
October 6, 2014
Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — 7.0 per cent in August 2014
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 267.7 233.7 34.0 12.7 up 1.8
prince edward island 86.6 79.9 6.7 7.7 down 0.1
nova scotia 503.7 458.7 45.1 9.0 down 0.1
new Brunswick 401.5 366.5 35.0 8.7 down 0.9
Quebec 4,431.5 4,089.0 342.5 7.7 unchanged
ontario 7,639.3 7,020.0 619.3 8.1 unchanged
manitoba 683.0 637.2 45.8 6.7 up 0.8
saskatchewan 604.1 572.4 31.7 5.2 up 1.6
Alberta 2,426.0 2,288.7 137.3 5.7 up 0.8
British Columbia 2,516.8 2,352.9 163.9 6.5 up 0.3
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 3,175.9 2,760.3 415.6 13.1 down 0.3
25 to 54 12,690.8 11,876.2 814.6 6.4 up 0.3
55+ 3,693.7 3,462.4 231.2 6.3 up 0.5
25+, men 8,749.4 8,253.9 495.5 5.7 down 0.2
25+, women 7,635.1 7,084.7 550.3 7.2 up 0.1
total 19,560.3 18,098.9 1,461.4 7.5 up 0.2
ConsUmer priCe index — August 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
149.6 123.1 125.7
August 146.6
149.7 123.1 125.7
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%
August 2013 to August 2014 2.1% 2.1%
August 2014 (1986=100) 228.2 191.6
August 2014 (1981=100) 302.4 253.9
August 2014 (1971=100) 716.2 601.4
ConsUmer priCe index — provinces, August 2014
August 2014 (2002=100) % change from August 2013
newfoundland and labrador 129.1 2.5
prince edward island 130.2 1.2
nova scotia 129.0 1.9
new Brunswick 124.9 1.5
Quebec 123.8 1.6
ontario 126.5 2.5
manitoba 125.6 1.5
saskatchewan 129.1 2.7
Alberta 132.7 2.6
British Columbia 119.6 1.4
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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