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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015
November 30, 2015
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada.
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FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — OCTOBER 2015: 7 PER CENT
Labour force (000s) Employment (000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment rate (%)
Change from
previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 268.2 237.1 31.1 11.6 up 0.1
Prince Edward Island 82.4 75.6 6.8 8.3 up 1.2
Nova Scotia 490.6 456.6 34.0 6.9 down 0.9
New Brunswick 388.5 358.4 30.1 7.7 up 0.6
Quebec 4,430.1 4,128.3 301.8 6.8 up 0.1
Ontario 7,415.2 6,955.2 460.0 6.2 down 0.3
Manitoba 676.8 644.5 32.2 4.8 down 0.1
Saskatchewan 609.9 580.0 29.9 4.9 up 0.5
Alberta 2,451.5 2,303.3 148.2 6.0 up 0.1
British Columbia 2,505.0 2,355.1 149.8 6.0 down 0.2
ALL CANADA
Age 15 to 24 2,751.9 2,405.2 346.7 12.6 down 0.5
25 to 54 12,657.2 11,969.6 687.6 5.4 unchanged
55+ 3,909.0 3,719.5 189.5 4.2 up 0.4
25+, men 8,823.3 8,345.2 478.1 5.4 unchanged
25+, women 7,742.9 7,343.8 399.0 5.2 down 0.1
Total 19,318.0 18,094.3 1,223.8 6.3 down 0.1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — CANADA, OCTOBER 2015: 1 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 151.4
149.9 127.2 125.9
November
149.3
December 148.2 124.5
Annual Average
149.0 125.2
Average Annual Increase
1.4% 1.5%
October 2014 to October 2015
1.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.5%
October 2015 (1986=100)
230.8 193.9
October 2015 (1981=100)
305.8 256.9
October 2015 (1971=100)
724.4 608.6
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, OCTOBER 2015
October 2015 (2002=100) % change from October 2014
Newfoundland and Labrador 129.7 0.5
Prince Edward Island 129.4 -0.8
Nova Scotia 129.8 0.3
New Brunswick 125.9 0.3
Quebec 125.2 0.7
Ontario 127.9 0.9
Manitoba 128.0 1.9
Saskatchewan 131.7 1.4
Alberta 135.1 1.4
British Columbia 120.6 1.3
FACTS AND FIGURES
