Table 4
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
| Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2013 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in March 2013 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Number of job vacancies – March 2013 to March 2014 | Number of job vacancies – March 2013 to March 2014 | Job vacancy rate – March 2013 to March 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change in percentage points | |
| Sector aggregate | 222.9 | 1.5 | 206.2 | 1.4 | -16.7 | -7.5 | -0.1 |
| Forestry, logging and support | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | F | 1.8 | F | F | F | F | F |
| Utilities | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 100.0 | 0.7 |
| Construction | 10.7 | 1.3 | 15.0 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 40.2 | 0.4 |
| Manufacturing | 17.3 | 1.2 | 16.0 | 1.1 | -1.3 | -7.5 | -0.1 |
| Wholesale trade | 9.3 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 1.1 | -1.0 | -10.8 | -0.1 |
| Retail trade | 23.5 | 1.2 | 19.3 | 1.0 | -4.2 | -17.9 | -0.2 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 15.5 | 2.2 | 13.8 | 1.9 | -1.7 | -11.0 | -0.3 |
| Information and cultural industries | 5.9 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| Finance and insurance | 8.1 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 1.1 | -0.2 | -2.5 | 0.0 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 3.3 | 1.3 | F | F | F | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 17.4 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 1.9 | -1.5 | -8.6 | -0.2 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 16.8 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 1.0 | -9.0 | -53.6 | -1.2 |
| Educational services | 5.0 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -4.0 | 0.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 37.0 | 2.1 | 28.7 | 1.6 | -8.3 | -22.4 | -0.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 6.3 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | -0.8 | -12.7 | -0.4 |
| Accommodation and food services | 24.9 | 2.2 | 31.2 | 2.7 | 6.3 | 25.3 | 0.5 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 10.1 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Public administration1 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 26.9 | 0.3 |
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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