Table 1
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector

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Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector

Table summary
This table displays the results of number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate three-month average ending in september 2011, number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, calculated using thousands and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Three-month average ending in September 2011
  Number of job vacancies Job vacancy rate
  thousands %
Sector aggregates    
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses 248.1 1.7
Forestry, logging and support 0.6 1.3
Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 8.7 4.0
Utilities 1.8 1.4
Construction 14.3 1.5
Manufacturing 20.3 1.3
Wholesale trade 14.1 1.8
Retail trade 26.4 1.4
Transportation and warehousing 13.4 1.9
Information and cultural industries 4.8 1.4
Finance and insurance Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.5
Professional, scientific and technical services 20.2 2.5
Management of companies and enterprises 0.8 0.7
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 20.3 2.6
Educational services 10.4 1.1
Health care and social assistance 31.0 1.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation 4.1 1.4
Accommodation and food services 23.3 2.0
Other services (excluding public administration) 10.6 2.0
Public administrationNote 1 5.3 1.1
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1.

Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.