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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
FACTS AND FIGURES
April 18, 2016
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 7.2 PER CENT, FEBRUARY 2016
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 269.6 231.5 38.1 14.1 down 0.1
Prince Edward Island 80.7 71.8 8.9 11.0 down 0.1
Nova Scotia 488.8 444.3 44.5 9.1 up 0.9
New Brunswick 383.9 346.0 37.9 9.9 up 1.5
Quebec 4,447.4 4,109.8 337.6 7.6 n/a
Ontario 7,480.7 6,974.7 506.0 6.8 up 0.7
Manitoba 671.2 630.7 40.5 6.0 up 0.6
Saskatchewan 601.1 565.5 35.6 5.9 up 0.8
Alberta 2,471.9 2,277.5 194.3 7.9 up 1.2
British Columbia 2,518.0 2,351.0 167.0 6.6 up 0.4
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,804.2 2,421.4 372.9 13.3 up 1.8
25 to 54 12,664.1 11,868.5 795.6 6.3 up 0.3
55+ 3,945.0 3,703.1 241.9 6.1 up 0.4
25+, men 8,828.9 8,222.2 606.7 6.9 up 0.2
25+, women 7,780.2 7,349.3 430.8 5.5 up 0.4
Total 19,413.3 18,002.9 1,410.4 7.3 up 0.6
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 2.0 PER CENT, CANADA, FEBRUARY 2016
(1992=100) 2015 (1992=100) 2016 (2002=100) 2015 (2002=100) 2016
January 148.0 150.9 124.3 126.8
February 149.2 151.3 125.4 127.1
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 1.4% 1.4%
February 2015 to February 2016 1.4% 1.4%
February 2016 (1986=100) 227.4 191.2
February 2016 (1981=100) 301.4 253.3
February 2016 (1971=100) 713.9 600.0
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2016
February 2016 (2002=100) % change from February 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 129.6 1.6
Prince Edward Island 129.6 1.1
Nova Scotia 129.6 1.2
New Brunswick 126.4 1.8
Quebec 125.1 1.0
Ontario 128.2 1.6
Manitoba 126.6 1.1
Saskatchewan 131.1 1.4
Alberta 133.8 1.4
British Columbia 120.8 1.6
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
1.4%
1.4%
191.2
253.3
600.0
PROVINCES, FEBRUARY 2016
% change from February 2015
