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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
May 4, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — MARCH 2015: 6.8 peR Cent
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 267.1 225.4 41.7 15.6 up 1.7
prince edward island 79.6 68.9 10.8 13.6 up 1.4
nova scotia 480.4 431.7 48.6 10.1 up 0.3
new brunswick 385.9 341.3 44.7 11.6 unchanged
Quebec 4,374.3 4,012.0 362.3 8.3 up 0.3
ontario 7,314.7 6,781.2 533.4 7.3 up 0.3
manitoba 668.8 632.5 36.3 5.4 down 0.1
saskatchewan 593.8 564.6 29.2 4.9 down 0.6
Alberta 2,410.8 2,261.6 149.2 6.2 up 0.4
british Columbia 2,405.4 2,254.9 150.5 6.3 down 0.3
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 2,700.2 2,329.6 370.6 13.7 up 0.1
25 to 54 12,519.0 11,720.6 798.4 6.4 up 0.3
55+ 3,761.5 3,523.8 237.7 6.3 down 0.2
25+, men 8,590.4 7,971.7 618.7 7.2 down 0.1
25+, women 7,690.2 7,272.8 417.4 5.4 down 0.3
total 18,980.8 17,574.0 1,406.7 7.4 up 0.2
ConsUmer priCe index — CAnAdA, MARCH 2015: 1.0 peR Cent
(1992=100) 2015 (1992=100) 2014 (2002=100) 2015 (2002=100) 2014
January 148.0 146.5 124.3 123.1
February 149.2 147.7 125.4 124.1
march 150.3
148.6 126.3 124.8
April
149.0 125.2
may
149.7 125.8
June
149.8 125.9
July
149.6 125.7
August
149.7 125.7
september
149.8 125.8
october
149.9 125.9
november
149.3
december 148.2 124.5
Annual Average
149.0 125.2
Average Annual increase
1.4% 1.5%
march 2014 to march 2015
1.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.5%
march 2015 (1986=100)
229.1 192.5
march 2015 (1981=100)
303.6 255.1
march 2015 (1971=100)
719.1 604.3
ConsUmer priCe index — pRovinCes, MARCH 2015
march 2015 (2002=100) % change from march 2014
newfoundland and labrador 128.9 0.4
prince edward island 129.8 -0.8
nova scotia 129.6 0.8
new brunswick 125.5 0.3
Quebec 124.7 1.5
ontario 127.1 1.6
manitoba 126.6 1.2
saskatchewan 130.5 1.4
Alberta 133.0 -0.1
british Columbia 119.8 1.0
FACts And FigUres
