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FACTS AND FIGURES
July 18, 2016
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE — 6.9 PER CENT, MAY 2016
Labour force
(000s)
Employment
(000s)
Unemployment
(000s)
Unemployment
rate (%)
Change in unemployment
rate from previous month
Newfoundland and Labrador 270.4 238.8 31.6 11.7 down 0.8 percentage points
Prince Edward Island 80.1 71.8 8.3 10.4 down 1.1
Nova Scotia 486.4 446.1 40.3 8.3 same
New Brunswick 386.7 348.4 38.3 9.9 up 0.3
Quebec 4,435.4 4,122.0 313.3 7.1 down 0.4
Ontario 7,500.5 7,006.9 493.6 6.6 down 0.4
Manitoba 675.7 636.1 39.6 5.9 down 0.2
Saskatchewan 605.0 568.9 36.1 6.0 down 0.3
Alberta 2,443.0 2,251.5 191.4 7.8 up 0.6
British Columbia 2,518.5 2,364.6 153.9 6.1 up 0.3
All Canada
Age 15 to 24 2,773.4 2,404.9 368.5 13.3 down 0.2
25 to 54 12,675.4 11,919.0 756.4 6.0 down 0.1
55+ 3,952.9 3,731.3 221.6 5.6 down 0.6
25+, men 8,798.4 8,239.5 558.9 6.4 down 0.2
25+, women 7,829.9 7,410.8 419.1 5.4 down 0.1
Total 19,401.7 18,055.2 1,346.5 6.9 down 0.2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — 1.5 PER CENT, CANADA, MAY 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 151.0 153.3 126.9 128.8
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%
May 2015 to May 2016 1.5% 1.5%
May 2016 (1986=100) 233.7 196.4
May 2016 (1981=100) 309.7
260.2
May 2016 (1971=100) 733.5 616.3
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX — PROVINCES, MAY 2016
May 2016 (2002=100) % change from May 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 131.5 1.5
Prince Edward Island 131.4 1.3
Nova Scotia 131.6 1.1
New Brunswick 128.1 1.6
Quebec 126.2 0.7
Ontario 130.1 1.9
Manitoba 128.9 1.7
Saskatchewan 132.7 1.2
Alberta 135.6 1.5
British Columbia 122.7 1.7
Data retrieved from Statistics Canada
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Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016
127.2
127.1
126.5
126.8
1.4%
1.5%
196.4
260.2
616.3
PROVINCES, MAY 2016
% change from May 2015
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