Table 3 
Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, unadjusted for seasonality1 

Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, unadjusted for seasonality
Payroll employment2 – March 2022pJob vacancies – March 2022pJob vacancy rate – March 2022p
  thousandsthousands %
Sector aggregate3 16,104.8 1,012.9 5.9
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 198.8 16.5 7.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 194.1 8.0 4.0
Utilities 127.4E F F
Construction 1,032.5 81.9 7.3
Manufacturing 1,529.8 87.5 5.4
Wholesale trade 802.7 36.7 4.4
Retail trade 1,963.0 109.2 5.3
Transportation and warehousing 783.8 46.9 5.6
Information and cultural industries 368.8 20.3 5.2
Finance and insurance 783.9 41.2 5.0
Real estate and rental and leasing 273.0 13.4 4.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,124.5 70.0 5.9
Management of companies and enterprises 125.5 3.9 3.0
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 791.3 62.5 7.3
Educational services 1,466.7 26.5 1.8
Health care and social assistance 2,198.2 154.5 6.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation 233.1 17.1 6.8
Accommodation and food services 1,081.5 158.1 12.8
Other services (excluding public administration) 514.7 38.9 7.0
Public administration4 511.2 17.4 3.3
Provinces and territories      
Newfoundland and Labrador 176.1 8.3 4.5
Prince Edward Island 60.8 3.6 5.6
Nova Scotia 415.6 23.0 5.2
New Brunswick 309.5 15.8 4.8
Quebec 3,626.6 259.2 6.7
Ontario 6,244.1 370.2 5.6
Manitoba 571.8 30.0 5.0
Saskatchewan 461.1 26.6 5.4
Alberta 1,920.5 95.4 4.7
British Columbia 2,266.0 178.3 7.3
Yukon 17.1 0.9 5.1
Northwest Territories 20.7 1.3 5.7
Nunavut 14.9 F F
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
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