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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
FACTS AND FIGURES
June 13, 2016
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 7.1 PER CENT, APRIL 2016
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change from
previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 271.2 237.2 33.9 12.5 down 1.6
Prince Edward Island 80.3 71.1 9.2 11.5 up 0.5
Nova Scotia 490.2 449.7 40.5 8.3 down 0.8
New Brunswick 386.6 349.3 37.3 9.6 down 0.3
Quebec 4,434l6 4,100.4 334.2 7.5 Down 0.1
Ontario 7,510.6 6,985.3 525.3 7.0 up 0.2
Manitoba 674.6 633.2 41.4 6.1 up 0.1
Saskatchewan 604.8 566.7 38.1 6.3 up 0.4
Alberta 2,452.3 2,275.6 176.6 7.2 down 0.7
British Columbia 2,519.6 2,373.0 146.7 5.8 down 0.8
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,807.5 2,440.3 367.3 13.1 down 0.2
25 to 54 12,686.8 11,915.7 771.1 6.1 down 0.2
55+ 3,930.3 3,685.5 244.8 6.2 up 0.1
25+, men 8,806.9 8,222.2 584.7 6.6 down 0.3
25+, women 7,810.1 7,378.9 431.2 5.5 n/a
Total 19,424.6 18,041.4 1,383.2 7.1 down 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.7 PER CENT, CANADA, APRIL 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 150.3 152.2 126.3 127.9
April 150.2 152.7 126.2 128.3
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%
April 2015 to April 2016 1.7% 1.7%
April 2016 (1986=100) 232.7 195.6
April 2016 (1981=100) 308.5
259.2
April 2016 (1971=100) 730.6 613.9
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, APRIL 2016
April 2016 (2002=100) % change from April 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 130.9 2.0
Prince Edward Island 131.1 1.7
Nova Scotia 131.0 1.2
New Brunswick 127.7 2.2
Quebec 126.0 1.0
Ontario 129.6 2.1
Manitoba 128.1 1.3
Saskatchewan 132.3 1.4
Alberta 135.1 1.5
British Columbia 121.8 1.8
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
127.2
127.3
127.3
127.1
127.2
127.1
126.5
126.8
1.4%
1.7%
195.6
259.2
613.9
% change from April 2015
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