Table 4
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
| 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 | |
| Sector aggregate | 221.4 | 1.5 | 220.9 | 1.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 0.0 |
| Forestry, logging and support | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 6.4 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 2.1 | -1.6 | -25.0 | -0.8 |
| Utilities | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -3.2 | -74.4 | -2.4 |
| Construction | 11.4 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Manufacturing | 17.9 | 1.2 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Wholesale trade | 15.7 | 2.1 | 11.1 | 1.4 | -4.6 | -29.3 | -0.7 |
| Retail trade | 26.6 | 1.4 | 22.1 | 1.1 | -4.5 | -16.9 | -0.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 7.5 | 1.1 | 11.6 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 54.7 | 0.5 |
| Information and cultural industries | 3.3 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 130.3 | 1.3 |
| Finance and insurance | 9.8 | 1.4 | F | 1.4 | F | F | 0.0 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 2.5 | 1.0 | F | F | F | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 17.0 | 2.1 | 15.7 | 1.9 | -1.3 | -7.6 | -0.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 100.0 | 0.6 |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 14.8 | 1.9 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Educational services | 11.9 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.4 | -6.7 | -56.3 | -0.6 |
| Health care and social assistance | 29.0 | 1.7 | 36.1 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 24.5 | 0.4 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 3.6 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 61.1 | 0.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 20.1 | 1.8 | 22.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 11.3 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Public administration1 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 1.3 | -1.5 | -20.3 | -0.3 |
F
too unreliable to be published
Table note 1
Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.
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