Infographic 1
Increased labour demand in the health care and social assistance sector reflected in increases in both payroll employment and job vacancies

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Increased labour demand in the health care and social assistance sector reflected in increases in both payroll employment and job vacancies"

This is a linear and bar combination chart.

The first vertical axis shows the number of job vacancies and number of payroll employment by increments of 100.0 (in thousands).

The secondary vertical axis shows the job vacancy rate by increments of 0.5 percentage points.

The horizontal axis shows each month from October 2020 to August 2022.

The dark red bar represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in last 23 months, with 94.3 in October 2020, 109.8 in November 2020, 99.1 in December 2020, 87.5 in January 2021, 116.2 in February 2021, 96.7 in March 2021, 103.2 in April 2021, 119.6 in May 2021, 106.3 in June 2021, 101.1 in July 2021, 127.3 in August 2021, 126.8 in September 2021, 120.3 in October 2021, 121.3 in November 2021, 134.0 in December 2021, 133.9 in January 2022, 121.3 in February 2022, 147.5 in March 2022, 127.0 in April 2022, 141.0 in May 2022, 147.3 in June 2022, 142.9 in July 2022, and 152.0 in August 2022.

The blue bar represents the payroll employment (in thousands) in last 23 months, with 2,035.0 in October 2020, 2,042.4 in November 2020, 2,065.8 in December 2020, 2,085.4 in January 2021, 2,069.8 in February 2021, 2,085.2 in March 2021, 2,099.4 in April 2021, 2,130.0 in May 2021, 2,139.5 in June 2021, 2,160.9 in July 2021, 2,179.7 in August 2021, 2,185.7 in September 2021, 2,172.4 in October 2021, 2,170.7 in November 2021, 2,187.0 in December 2021, 2,192.9 in January 2022, 2,176.5 in February 2022, 2,209.7 in March 2022, 2,202.1 in April 2022, 2,204.7 in May 2022, 2,223.3 in June 2022, 2,236.8 in July 2022, and 2,236.5 in August 2022.

The green line represents the job vacancy rate (in percentage) in last 23 months, with 4.4% in October 2020, 5.1% in November 2020, 4.6% in December 2020, 4.0% in January 2021, 5.3% in February 2021, 4.4% in March 2021, 4.7% in April 2021, 5.3% in May 2021, 4.7% in June 2021, 4.5% in July 2021, 5.5% in August 2021, 5.5% in September 2021, 5.2% in October 2021, 5.3% in November 2021, 5.8% in December 2021, 5.8% in January 2022, 5.3% in February 2022, 6.3% in March 2022, 5.5% in April 2022, 6.0% in May 2022, 6.2% in June 2022, 6.0% in July 2022, and 6.4% in August 2022.

Note(s): Labour demand is equal to the sum of filled and vacant positions.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0372-01.