Table 4
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
| 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 – Three-month average ending in December 2013 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in December 2013 | Number of job vacancies – December 2012 to December 2013 | Number of job vacancies – December 2012 to December 2013 | Job vacancy rate – December 2012 to December 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change in percentage points | |
| Sector aggregate | 220.8 | 1.5 | 199.7 | 1.3 | -21.1 | -9.6 | -0.2 |
| Forestry, logging and support | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 4.7 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 1.7 | -0.8 | -17.0 | -0.3 |
| Utilities | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 72.7 | 0.7 |
| Construction | 11.3 | 1.2 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 21.2 | 0.2 |
| Manufacturing | 17.2 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 0.9 | -4.2 | -24.4 | -0.2 |
| Wholesale trade | 11.1 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 1.0 | -3.0 | -27.0 | -0.4 |
| Retail trade | 22.7 | 1.2 | 22.1 | 1.1 | -0.6 | -2.6 | -0.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 11.2 | 1.5 | 9.9 | 1.3 | -1.3 | -11.6 | -0.2 |
| Information and cultural industries | 7.4 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 2.0 | -0.7 | -9.5 | -0.2 |
| Finance and insurance | 9.6 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 0.8 | -4.0 | -41.7 | -0.6 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | F | F | 1.6 | 0.6 | F | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 15.5 | 1.9 | 17.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 16.2 | 2.1 | 10.3 | 1.3 | -5.9 | -36.4 | -0.8 |
| Educational services | 5.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.4 | -0.6 | -11.5 | 0.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 36.5 | 2.1 | 27.8 | 1.6 | -8.7 | -23.8 | -0.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | F | F | 5.3 | 2.2 | F | F | F |
| Accommodation and food services | 22.8 | 2.0 | 26.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 16.7 | 0.3 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 12.4 | 2.3 | 13.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 12.1 | 0.2 |
| Public administration1 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 284-0001.
Table note 1
Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.
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