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September 7, 2015

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8 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 September 7, 2015 Data retrieved from Statistics Canada. ppart/shutterstock.com FACTS AND FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — JULY 2015: 6.8 PER CENT Labour force (000s) Employment (000s) Unemployment (000s) Unemployment rate (%) Change from previous month Newfoundland and Labrador 281.4 251.9 29.5 10.5 down 0.2 Prince Edward Island 85.2 76.9 8.2 9.6 up 2.5 Nova Scotia 502.8 463.7 39.0 7.8 up 0.8 New Brunswick 403.1 359.4 43.7 10.8 up 1.3 Quebec 4,528.5 4,188.2 340.3 7.5 unchanged Ontario 7,572.4 7,033.1 539.2 7.1 up 0.7 Manitoba 679.4 636.1 43.3 6.4 up 1.5 Saskatchewan 608.3 575.3 33.0 5.4 up 1.2 Alberta 2,483.1 2,325.8 157.3 6.3 up 0.7 British Columbia 2,484.6 2,329.7 154.9 6.2 up 0.6 ALL CANADA Age 15 to 24 3,263.8 2,816.5 447.3 13.7 up 0.7 25 to 54 12,584.6 11,865.0 719.6 5.7 up 0.4 55+ 3,780.2 3,558.7 221.5 5.9 up 0.9 25+, men 8,780.6 8,280.7 500.0 5.7 up 0.1 25+, women 7,584.2 7,143.1 441.1 5.8 up 0.9 Total 19,682.7 18,240.3 1,388.4 7.1 up 0.6 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — CANADA, JULY 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 151.5 149.8 127.2 125.9 July 151.6 149.6 127.3 125.7 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% July 2014 to July 2015 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% 1.5% July 2015 (1986=100) 231.1 194.0 July 2015 (1981=100) 306.2 257.2 July 2015 (1971=100) 725.4 609.1 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JULY 2015 July 2015 (2002=100) % change from July 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador 129.8 0.7 Prince Edward Island 130.3 -0.1 Nova Scotia 130.1 0.9 New Brunswick 126.3 1.2 Quebec 125.3 1.3 Ontario 128.4 1.5 Manitoba 127.1 1.0 Saskatchewan 131.4 1.9 Alberta 134.6 1.3 British Columbia 120.8 1.0 FACTS AND FIGURES

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