HR Focus

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Facts and Information on HR

1.Following little change in October, employment rose by 59,000 in November, the result of an increase in full-timework. The unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%.Compared with 12 months earlier, employment increased 1.7% or 294,000, mostly in full-time work. Over the sameperiod, the total number of hours worked rose 1.3%.In November, employment increased in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island. There waslittle change in the other provinces. Statistics Canada - November 2012 figures

Days lost per worker by cause, by province
(All causes)
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
	All causes
	number of days
Canada	9.9	9.7	9.5	9.1	9.3
Newfoundland and Labrador	9.7	9.7	11.5	11.0	10.2
Prince Edward Island	8.3	8.8	8.5	9.2	9.9
Nova Scotia	11.8	11.3	11.2	9.8	10.8
New Brunswick	10.5	10.8	10.3	10.4	10.8
Quebec	11.4	10.8	11.0	10.4	10.8
Ontario	9.1	9.3	8.7	8.2	8.3
Manitoba	10.6	11.0	10.0	10.4	10.2
Saskatchewan	10.4	10.3	10.4	9.6	11.0
Alberta	8.9	8.2	7.8	8.1	7.9
British Columbia	10.1	9.7	9.8	9.3	9.9
Note: Includes full-time paid workers only. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 279-0029. Last Modified: 2012-07-24.

3. Economic indicators: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(Prince Edward Island) (Canada)
Prices CPI	Change in value		Change in %
(Benchmark: year 2002=100.) as compared to 2010	119.5	116.5	1.9	1.8

I.e. $100 in the year 2002 is the equivalent to $119.5 in PEI and $116.5 in Canada in the year 2010.

Source: Statistics Canada
Source URL: http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/cpis01a-eng.htm
Source URL: http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/cpis01c-eng.htm