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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
November 2, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — SEPTEMBER 2015: 7.1 PER CENT
Labour force (000s) Employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 281.9 250.8 31.1 11.0 up 0.5
Prince Edward Island 84.4 77.2 7.2 8.5 down 0.9
Nova Scotia 503.7 460.9 42.9 8.5 up 0.7
New Brunswick 402.7 363.3 39.4 9.8 down 0.1
Quebec 4,528.0 4,158.7 369.3 8.2 up 0.7
Ontario 7,621.0 7,038.2 582.8 7.6 up 0.5
Manitoba 686.9 638.4 48.6 7.1 up 0.7
Saskatchewan 615.5 578.7 36.8 6.0 up 0.6
Alberta 2,488.4 2,324.9 163.5 6.6 up 0.3
British Columbia 2,496.1 2,337.1 158.4 6.3 up 0.1
ALL CANADA
Age 15 to 24 3,189.6 2,778.4 441.2 12.9 down 0.8
25 to 54 12,681.9 11,860.6 821.3 6.5 up 0.8
55+ 3,837.2 3,589.9 247.7 6.4 up 0.5
25+, men 8,820.1 8,305.5 514.6 5.8 up 0.1
25+, women 7,699.1 7,144.9 554.1 7.2 up 1.4
Total 19,708.8 18,228.8 1,479.9 7.5 up 0.4
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — CANADA, SEPTEMBER 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 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 151.5
149.7 127.3 125.7
September 151.3
149.8 127.1 125.8
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%
September 2014 to September 2015
1.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.5%
September 2015 (1986=100)
230.6 193.7
September 2015 (1981=100)
305.6 256.7
September 2015 (1971=100)
723.9 608.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, SEPTEMBER 2015
September 2015 (2002=100) % change from September 2014
Newfoundland and Labrador 130.0 0.7
Prince Edward Island 130.1 -0.1
Nova Scotia 130.0 0.8
New Brunswick 126.2 1.0
Quebec 125.2 1.1
Ontario 128.0 1.2
Manitoba 127.8 1.8
Saskatchewan 131.6 1.9
Alberta 135.0 1.7
British Columbia 121.0 1.2
FACTS AND FIGURES
