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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
January 19, 2016
FACTS AND FIGURES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 7.1 PER CENT, DECEMBER 2015
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 — 1.6 PER CENT, CANADA, DECEMBER 2015
(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
November 151.3 149.8 127.1 125.8
October 151.4 149.9 127.2 125.9
November 151.3 149.3 127.1
December 150.6 148.2 126.5 124.5
Annual average 149.0 125.2
Average annual increase 1.4% 1.5%
December 2014 to December 2015 1.6% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5%
December 2015(1986=100) 229.6 192.8
December 2015(1981=100) 304.2 255.5
December 2015(1971=100) 720.6 605.3
February 8, 2016
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2015
December 2015 (2002=100) % change from December 2014
Newfoundland and Labrador 128.6 1.4
Prince Edward Island 129.2 0.9
Nova Scotia 128.9 1.2
New Brunswick 125.5 1.1
Quebec 124.4 1.3
Ontario 127.5 1.7
Manitoba 126.4 1.5
Saskatchewan 130.6 1.8
Alberta 133.5 1.5
British Columbia 120.4 1.9
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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126.9 125.8
127.2 125.9
127.3 125.7
127.3 125.7
127.1 125.8
127.2 125.9
127.1
126.5 124.5
125.2
1.5%
1.6% 1.5%
192.8
255.5
605.3
PROVINCES, DECEMBER 2015
% change from December 2014
