Table 3
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by province and territory
| Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2011 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in December 2011 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in December 2012 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in December 2012 | Number of job vacancies – December 2011 to December 2012 | Number of job vacancies – December 2011 to December 2012 | Job vacancy rate – December 2011 to December 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change | |
| Canada | 221.4 | 1.5 | 220.9 | 1.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | -0.4 | -17.4 | -0.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 166.7 | 1.8 |
| Nova Scotia | 4.4 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| New Brunswick | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 18.8 | 0.2 |
| Quebec | 53.6 | 1.6 | 40.1 | 1.2 | -13.5 | -25.2 | -0.4 |
| Ontario | 68.7 | 1.2 | 66.0 | 1.2 | -2.7 | -3.9 | 0.0 |
| Manitoba | 8.5 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Saskatchewan | 10.5 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 18.1 | 0.3 |
| Alberta | 45.4 | 2.5 | 49.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| British Columbia | 23.5 | 1.3 | 31.5 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 34.0 | 0.4 |
| Yukon | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 66.7 | 0.6 |
| Nunavut | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
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