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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
June 8, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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Facts and Figures
UnemPloyment rAte — APRIL 2015: 6.8 PeR cent
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 268.8 229.3 39.5 14.7 down 0.9
Prince edward island 80.5 69.4 11.0 13.7 up 0.1
nova scotia 482.9 434.1 48.8 10.1 unchanged
new brunswick 389.0 343.7 45.3 11.6 unchanged
Quebec 4,413.7 4,058.0 355.7 8.1 down 0.3
ontario 7,333.2 6,833.6 499.6 6.8 down 0.5
manitoba 670.2 632.6 37.6 5.6 up 0.2
saskatchewan 598.0 569.5 28.5 4.8 up 0.1
Alberta 2,430.6 2,284.6 146.0 6.0 down 0.2
british Columbia 2,391.8 2,243.1 148.7 6.2 down 0.1
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 2,724.7 2,335.7 389.1 14.3 up 0.6
25 to 54 12,540.5 11,804.5 736.0 5.9 down 0.5
55+ 3,793.5 3,557.8 235.7 6.2 down 0.1
25+, men 8,637.8 8,061.5 576.4 6.7 down 0.5
25+, women 7,696.2 7,300.8 395.3 5.1 down 0.3
total 19,058.7 17,697.9 1,360.8 7.1 down 0.3
ConsUmer PriCe index — cAnAdA, APRIL 2015: 0.8 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 150.2
149.0 126.2 125.2
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%
April 2014 to April 2015
0.8% 1.4% 0.8% 1.5%
April 2015 (1986=100)
228.9 192.3
April 2015 (1981=100)
303.4 254.9
April 2015 (1971=100)
718.6 603.8
ConsUmer PriCe index — PRovInces, APRIL 2015
April 2015 (2002=100) % change from April 2014
newfoundland and labrador 128.3 -0.4
Prince edward island 128.9 -1.2
nova scotia 129.5 0.3
new brunswick 124.9 -0.1
Quebec 124.7 1.1
ontario 126.9 0.8
manitoba 126.5 0.9
saskatchewan 130.5 1.2
Alberta 133.1 0.7
british Columbia 119.6 0.5
FACts And FigUres
