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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
February 9, 2015
FACts And FigUres
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — DECEMBER 2014: 6.7 pER CEnt
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 263.0 233.2 29.8 11.3 up 0.3
prince edward island 80.7 70.3 10.4 12.9 up 1.4
nova scotia 485.4 447.5 37.9 7.8 down 0.8
new brunswick 382.8 345.6 37.2 9.7 unchanged
Quebec 4,342.0 4,031.1 310.9 7.2 unchanged
ontario 7,334.5 6,861.1 473.3 6.5 up 0.1
manitoba 665.1 632.3 32.9 4.9 up 0.2
saskatchewan 592.0 571.8 20.2 3.4 up 0.2
Alberta 2,399.9 2,293.1 106.8 4.5 up 0.5
british Columbia 2,397.9 2,280.0 117.9 4.9 down 0.6
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 2,732.6 2,410.0 322.5 11.8 up 0.5
25 to 54 12,544.3 11,892.6 651.8 5.2 up 0.1
55+ 3,666.4 3,463.3 203.2 5.5 down 0.1
25+, men 8,588.8 8,098.1 490.7 5.7 up 0.3
25+, women 7,621.9 7,257.7 364.2 4.8 down 0.1
total 18,943.3 17,765.9 1,177.4 6.2 unchanged
ConsUmer priCe index — CanaDa, DECEMBER 2014: 1.5 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 146.1 148.2 122.7 124.5
Annual Average 146.2
149.0 122.8 125.2
Average Annual increase
1.4% 1.5%
december 2013 to december 2014 225.9 189.8
december 2014 (1986=100) 299.4 251.5
december 2014 (1981=100) 709.1 595.7
december 2014 (1971=100) 717.2 602.4
ConsUmer priCe index — pRovinCEs, DECEMBER 2014
december 2014 (2002=100) % change from december 2013
newfoundland and labrador 126.8 0.2
prince edward island 128.1 -0.4
nova scotia 127.4 0.6
new brunswick 124.1 0.5
Quebec 122.8 1.1
ontario 125.4 1.9
manitoba 124.5 1.5
saskatchewan 128.3 1.7
Alberta 131.5 1.9
british Columbia 118.1 0.9
