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

Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, unadjusted for seasonality
Payroll employment2 – August 2022pJob vacancies – August 2022pJob vacancy rate – August 2022p
  thousandsthousands %
Sector aggregate3 16,843.9 958.5 5.4
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 279.8 17.1 5.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 205.2 9.0 4.2
Utilities 129.8 2.8 2.1
Construction 1,188.1 82.4 6.5
Manufacturing 1,586.3 85.6 5.1
Wholesale trade 823.4 32.6 3.8
Retail trade 2,041.0 119.3 5.5
Transportation and warehousing 804.0 50.3 5.9
Information and cultural industries 390.1 21.4 5.2
Finance and insurance 820.1 32.8E 3.8E
Real estate and rental and leasing 287.9 9.9 3.3
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,179.9 59.6 4.8
Management of companies and enterprises 126.4 4.5 3.4
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 849.7 52.1 5.8
Educational services 1,131.8 19.2 1.7
Health care and social assistance 2,236.5 152.0 6.4
Arts, entertainment and recreation 335.0 18.1 5.1
Accommodation and food services 1,326.5 136.1 9.3
Other services (excluding public administration) 549.9 39.5 6.7
Public administration4 552.4 14.2 2.5
Provinces and territories      
Newfoundland and Labrador 199.0 7.5 3.6
Prince Edward Island 72.1 5.3 6.9
Nova Scotia 451.0 22.6 4.8
New Brunswick 319.2 16.3 4.9
Quebec 3,828.0 240.1 5.9
Ontario 6,508.1 349.7 5.1
Manitoba 596.7 30.3 4.8
Saskatchewan 462.9 23.8 4.9
Alberta 1,997.3 106.2 5.0
British Columbia 2,353.2 153.9 6.1
Yukon 19.1 1.7E 8.2E
Northwest Territories 22.1 F F
Nunavut 15.1 F F
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
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