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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
FACTS AND FIGURES
February 29, 2016
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 7.2 PER CENT, JANUARY 2016
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 — 2.0 PER CENT, CANADA, JANUARY 2016
(1992=100) 2015 (1992=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2015 (2002=100) 2016
January 148.0 150.9 124.3 126.8
February 149.2 125.4
March 150.3 126.3
April 150.2 126.2
May 151.0 126.9
June 151.5 127.2
July 151.6 127.3
August 151.5 127.3
September 151.3 127.1
October 151.4 127.2
November 151.3 127.1
December 150.6 126.5
Annual Average 150.9 126.8
Average Annual Increase 2% 2%
January 2015 to January 2016 2% 2%
January 2016 (1986=100) 230.0 193.3
January 2016 (1981=100) 304.8 256.2
January 2016 (1971=100) 722.0 606.7
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, JANUARY 2016
January 2016 (2002=100) % change from January 2015
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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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
126.9
127.2
127.3
127.3
127.1
127.2
127.1
126.5
126.8
2%
2%
193.3
256.2
606.7
PROVINCES, JANUARY 2016
% change from January 2015