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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
July 13, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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Facts and Figures
Unemployment rAte — MAY 2015: 6.8 per cent
labour force (000s) employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
newfoundland and labrador 275.4 237.1 38.3 13.9 down 0.8
prince edward island 82.8 74.3 8.5 10.3 down 3.4
nova scotia 496.8 453.1 43.7 8.8 down 1.3
new brunswick 396.7 356.4 40.3 10.2 down 1.4
Quebec 4,483.9 4,141.1 342.8 7.6 down 0.5
ontario 7,514.6 6,998.0 516.6 6.9 up 0.1
manitoba 679.5 640.1 39.4 5.8 up 0.2
saskatchewan 615.3 582.7 32.6 5.3 up 0.5
Alberta 2,479.0 2,324.3 154.7 6.2 up 0.2
british Columbia 2,460.3 2,303.4 156.9 6.4 up 0.2
All CAnAdA
Age 15 to 24 3,017.1 2,560.8 456.2 15.1 up 0.8
25 to 54 12,645.4 11,941.5 703.9 5.6 down 0.3
55+ 3,821.8 3,608.2 213.6 5.6 down 0.6
25+, men 8,745.0 8,204.2 540.8 6.2 down 0.5
25+, women 7,722.2 7,345.5 376.7 4.9 down 0.2
total 19,484.2 18,110.5 1,373.7 7.1 unchanged
ConsUmer priCe index — cAnAdA, MAY 2015: 0.9 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 151.0
149.7 126.9 125.8
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%
may 2014 to may 2015
0.9% 1.4% 0.9% 1.5%
may 2015 (1986=100)
230.1 193.4
may 2015 (1981=100)
305.0 256.3
may 2015 (1971=100)
772.4 607.1
ConsUmer priCe index — provinces, MAY 2015
may 2015 (2002=100) % change from may 2014
newfoundland and labrador 129.6 0.3
prince edward island 129.7 -0.7
nova scotia 130.2 0.5
new brunswick 126.1 0.6
Quebec 125.3 1.2
ontario 127.7 0.9
manitoba 126.8 0.5
saskatchewan 131.1 1.5
Alberta 133.6 0.6
british Columbia 120.6 0.8
FACts And FigUres
