8
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014
FACts & Figures
November 3, 2014
Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — September 2014: 6.8 per cent
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 259.7 232.5 27.2 10.5 up 1.8
prince edward Island 82.8 76.4 6.4 7.7 unchanged
nova scotia 488.6 451.0 37.6 7.7 down 0.1
new brunswick 392.7 360.4 32.3 8.2 up 0.5
Quebec 4,358.1 4,065.8 392.4 6.7 down 1.0
ontario 7,466.4 6,964.6 501.8 6.7 down 1.4
manitoba 669.4 636.1 33.2 5.0 down 1.4
saskatchewan 591.9 574.8 17.1 2.9 down 2.3
Alberta 2,393.1 2,297.0 96.1 4.0 up 1.7
british Columbia 2,498.2 2,351.6 146.7 5.9 up 0.6
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 2,791.9 2,414.2 377.7 13.5 up 0.4
25 to 54 12,697.4 12,062.8 634.6 5.0 down 1.4
55+ 3,711.6 3,533.1 178.6 4.8 down 1.5
25+, men 8,751.0 8,311.9 439.0 5.0 down 0.7
25+, women 7,658.0 7,283.9 374.1 4.9 down 2.3
total 19,200.9 18,010.1 1,190.9 6.2 down 1.3
ConsUmer prICe Index — canada, September 2014: 2.0 per cent
(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
149.8 123.3 125.8
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%
september 2013 to september 2014 2.1% 2.0%
september 2014 (1986=100) 228.3 191.8
september 2014 (1981=100) 302.6 254.1
september 2014 (1971=100) 716.7 601.9
ConsUmer prICe Index — provinceS, September 2014
september 2014 (2002=100) % change from september 2013
newfoundland and labrador 129.1 2.0
prince edward Island 130.5 1.2
nova scotia 129.5 1.7
new brunswick 125.2 1.4
Quebec 123.9 1.6
ontario 126.7 2.6
manitoba 125.8 1.5
saskatchewan 129.2 2.2
Alberta 132.9 2.6
british Columbia 119.5 1.2
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
ppart/shutterstock.com