Table 4
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
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| Three-month average ending in March 2011 | Three-month average ending in March 2012 | March 2011 to March 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of job vacancies | Job vacancy rate | Number of job vacancies | Job vacancy rate | Number of job vacancies | Number of job vacancies | Job vacancy rate | |
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change | |
| Sector aggregate | 228.8 | 1.6 | 247.7 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Forestry, logging and support | F | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | F | F | 0.3 |
| Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction | 4.6 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 69.2 | 1.3 |
| Utilities | 1.2 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 191.3 | 1.8 |
| Construction | 11.6 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 55.6 | 0.7 |
| Manufacturing | 22.8 | 1.6 | 20.6 | 1.4 | -2.1 | -9.4 | -0.2 |
| Wholesale trade | 12.4 | 1.7 | 12.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Retail trade | 21.8 | 1.2 | 30.1 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 37.9 | 0.4 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 10.0 | 1.5 | 9.6 | 1.4 | -0.4 | -3.5 | -0.1 |
| Information and cultural industries | 5.9 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 0.6 |
| Finance and insurance | 13.6 | 2.0 | 13.3 | 1.9 | -0.3 | -2.3 | -0.1 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | F | F | 3.1 | 1.3 | F | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 14.0 | 1.8 | 15.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 13.1 | 0.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | -0.4 | -28.3 | -0.4 |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 20.1 | 2.8 | 15.6 | 2.1 | -4.5 | -22.5 | -0.6 |
| Educational services | 4.2 | 0.3 | F | F | F | F | F |
| Health care and social assistance | 43.2 | 2.6 | 33.0 | 2.0 | -10.3 | -23.7 | -0.6 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 31.6 | 0.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 18.0 | 1.7 | 22.1 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 22.6 | 0.3 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 10.3 | 2.0 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| Public administration1 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 1.5 | -1.1 | -14.3 | -0.2 |
F
too unreliable to be published
Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.
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