Table 1
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory
Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in December 2011 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2011 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2011 | Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in December 2012 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2012 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2012 | Number of unemployed – December 2011 to December 2012 | Number of job vacancies – December 2011 to December 2012 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – December 2011 to December 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | ratio | thousands | thousands | ratio | change in thousands | change in thousands | change | |
| Canada | 1,281.3 | 221.4 | 5.8 | 1,257.8 | 220.9 | 5.7 | -23.5 | -0.5 | -0.1 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 32.2 | 2.3 | 14.2 | 30.2 | 1.9 | 16.0 | -2.0 | -0.4 | 1.8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 9.1 | 0.6 | 15.6 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | -9.6 |
| Nova Scotia | 38.5 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 42.8 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| New Brunswick | 33.5 | 3.2 | 10.3 | 39.7 | 3.8 | 10.5 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Quebec | 328.8 | 53.6 | 6.1 | 308.4 | 40.1 | 7.7 | -20.4 | -13.5 | 1.6 |
| Ontario | 516.9 | 68.7 | 7.5 | 526.9 | 66.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | -2.7 | 0.5 |
| Manitoba | 31.9 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 31.8 | 9.0 | 3.5 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 24.1 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 23.2 | 12.4 | 1.9 | -0.9 | 1.9 | -0.4 |
| Alberta | 104.5 | 45.4 | 2.3 | 91.8 | 49.3 | 1.9 | -12.7 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| British Columbia | 156.9 | 23.5 | 6.7 | 148.7 | 31.5 | 4.7 | -8.2 | 8.0 | -2.0 |
| Yukon | 1.0 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Northwest Territories | 1.9 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.9 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -2.4 |
| Nunavut | 2.0 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 12.7 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 3.9 |
Note(s):
The number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.
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