Table 3
Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, unadjusted for seasonality1
| Payroll employment2 – April 2021p | Job vacancies – April 2021p | Job vacancy rate – April 2021p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | % | |
| Sector aggregate3 | 15,142.6 | 682.8 | 4.3 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 201.8 | 15.1 | 7.0 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 185.6 | 8.1 | 4.2 |
| Utilities | 120.7 | 3.6E | F |
| Construction | 971.3 | 61.4 | 5.9 |
| Manufacturing | 1,468.4 | 67.1 | 4.4 |
| Wholesale trade | 775.4 | 30.9 | 3.8 |
| Retail trade | 1,904.5 | 79.6 | 4.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 751.5 | 31.9 | 4.1 |
| Information and cultural industries | 343.3 | 12.4 | 3.5 |
| Finance and insurance | 751.1 | 28.5 | 3.7 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 250.9 | 6.9 | 2.7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 1,007.5 | 53.4 | 5.0 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 115.0 | 4.0 | 3.3E |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 754.1 | 49.1 | 6.1 |
| Educational services | 1,414.0 | 14.9 | 1.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 2,103.6 | 96.3 | 4.4 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 176.6 | 18.0 | 9.3 |
| Accommodation and food services | 899.0 | 62.5 | 6.5 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 478.8 | 26.5 | 5.2 |
| Public administration4 | 469.6 | 12.7 | 2.6 |
| Provinces and territories | |||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 172.1 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 59.3 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 383.6 | 13.6 | 3.4 |
| New Brunswick | 293.1 | 12.0 | 3.9 |
| Quebec | 3,416.3 | 195.1 | 5.4 |
| Ontario | 5,844.2 | 250.7 | 4.1 |
| Manitoba | 567.1 | 19.5 | 3.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 438.1 | 16.3 | 3.6 |
| Alberta | 1,780.1 | 61.0 | 3.3 |
| British Columbia | 2,137.9 | 103.6 | 4.6 |
| Yukon | 16.7 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
| Northwest Territories | 20.1 | 1.1E | 5.1 |
| Nunavut | 14.2 | 0.5E | 3.2 |
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Tables 14-10-0371-01 and 14-10-0372-01.
Table note 1
Estimates are preliminary before the associated quarterly data are released.
Table note 2
JVWS employment estimates may differ from SEPH employment estimates due to calibration grouping and differences in scope and reference period. Additionally, JVWS data are not seasonally adjusted.
Table note 3
Sector breakdown is based on the 2017 North American Industry Classification System Version 3.0.
Table note 4
Excluding provincial, territorial and federal public administration, as well as international and other extraterritorial public administration.
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