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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
September 7, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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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
