March 29, 2019 – Job vacancies increased in 12 out of 13 provinces and territories in the last quarter of 2018, as Canada ended the year with 548,000 positions available, up 16.6 per cent in 12 months.
New data from Statistics Canada shows Ontario and Quebec saw the biggest job vacancy increases, both by more than 25,000, while Saskatchewan was the only province to register a vacancy reduction.
The figures mean a ninth consecutive year-over-year increase in Canada job vacancies and the job vacancy rate. The job vacancy rate is the number of job vacancies as a percentage of the sum of all occupied and vacant jobs.
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