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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
January 12, 2015
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FACts And FigUres
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — NOVEMBER 2014: 6.6 pER cENt
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 255.4 228.1 27.3 10.7 down 0.2
prince edward island 82.1 75.6 6.5 7.9 up 0.2
nova scotia 492.3 453.2 39.0 7.9 up 0.2
new brunswick 386.5 353.4 33.1 8.6 up 0.4
Quebec 4,348.8 4,049.5 299.2 6.9 up 0.2
ontario 7,455.8 6,999.0 456.8 6.1 down 0.6
manitoba 674.7 643.2 31.5 4.7 down 0.3
saskatchewan 593.3 576.2 17.1 2.9 unchanged
Alberta 2,392.8 2,293.3 99.5 4.2 up 0.2
british Columbia 2,489.9 2,348.6 141.3 5.7 down 0.2
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 2,753.9 2,417.5 336.4 12.2 down 0.1
25 to 54 12,708.6 12,081.2 627.4 4.9 down 0.1
55+ 3,708.8 3,521.4 187.4 5.1 up 0.3
25+, men 8,728.7 8,284.2 444.6 5.1 up 0.1
25+, women 7,688.7 7,318.4 370.2 4.8 down 0.1
total 19,171.4 18,020.1 1,151.2 6.0 down 0.2
ConsUmer priCe index — caNada, NOVEMBER 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
149.9 123.0 125.9
november 146.4
149.3 123.0 125.4
december 146.1 122.7
Annual Average 146.2 122.8
Average Annual increase 1.2% 1.2%
november 2013 to november 2014 2.3% 2.0%
november 2014 (1986=100) 228.5 191.9
november 2014 (1981=100) 302.8 254.3
november 2014 (1971=100) 717.2 602.4
ConsUmer priCe index — pROViNcEs, NOVEMBER 2014
november 2014 (2002=100) % change from november 2013
newfoundland and labrador 129.0 1.8
prince edward island 130.5 1.2
nova scotia 129.4 2.1
new brunswick 125.5 1.6
Quebec 124.3 2.2
ontario 126.8 2.8
manitoba 125.6 1.3
saskatchewan 129.9 2.5
Alberta 133.2 3.0
british Columbia 119.0 1.1
