Infographic 1
Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio continues upward trend, as unemployment increases

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio continues upward trend, as unemployment increases"

The vertical axis on the left shows the number of job vacancies in thousands, by increments of 100. It starts at 500 and ends at 1,100.

The vertical axis on the right shows the unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio, by increments of 0.5. It starts at 0.5 and ends at 3.5.

The horizontal axis shows each month, from November 2019 to November 2024.

The black line represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 61 months, with 517.6 in November 2019, 517.8 in December 2019, 581.0 in January 2020, 575.6 in February 2020, 529.7 in March 2020, April 2020 to September 2020 omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, 574.6 in October 2020, 567.5 in November 2020, 570.3 in December 2020, 559.4 in January 2021, 614.3 in February 2021, 641.0 in March 2021, 649.3 in April 2021, 671.3 in May 2021, 766.3 in June 2021, 809.9 in July 2021, 873.2 in August 2021, 925.0 in September 2021, 915.5 in October 2021, 904.9 in November 2021, 973.6 in December 2021, 918.6 in January 2022, 914.4 in February 2022, 987.4 in March 2022, 989.4 in April 2022, 999.6 in May 2022, 986.1 in June 2022, 974.9 in July 2022, 921.2 in August 2022, 928.2 in September 2022, 884.0 in October 2022, 863.8 in November 2022, 850.4 in December 2022, 855.2 in January 2023, 831.8 in February 2023, 799.9 in March 2023, 795.7 in April 2023, 773.6 in May 2023, 741.2 in June 2023, 715.0 in July 2023, 692.0 in August 2023, 641.8 in September 2023, 669.7 in October 2023, 668.7 in November 2023, 631.8 in December 2023, 659.2 in January 2024, 656.2 in February 2024, 599.8 in March 2024, 589.7 in April 2024, 568.5 in May 2024, 549.7 in June 2024, 541.8 in July 2024, 526.3 in August 2024, 525.9 in September 2024, 511.9 in October 2024 and 515.8 in November 2024.

The blue line represents the unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio in the last 61 months, with 2.3 in November 2019, 2.2 in December 2019, 1.9 in January 2020, 2.0 in February 2020, 3.1 in March 2020, April 2020 to September 2020 omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, 3.2 in October 2020, 3.1 in November 2020, 3.2 in December 2020, 3.3 in January 2021, 2.8 in February 2021, 2.5 in March 2021, 2.6 in April 2021, 2.5 in May 2021, 2.1 in June 2021, 1.9 in July 2021, 1.7 in August 2021, 1.6 in September 2021, 1.5 in October 2021, 1.4 in November 2021, 1.3 in December 2021, 1.5 in January 2022, 1.2 in February 2022, 1.1 in March 2022, 1.1 in April 2022, 1.1 in May 2022, 1.0 in June 2022, 1.0 in July 2022, 1.2 in August 2022, 1.1 in September 2022, 1.2 in October 2022, 1.2 in November 2022, 1.2 in December 2022, 1.2 in January 2023, 1.3 in February 2023, 1.3 in March 2023, 1.4 in April 2023, 1.4 in May 2023, 1.6 in June 2023, 1.6 in July 2023, 1.7 in August 2023, 1.9 in September 2023, 1.8 in October 2023, 1.9 in November 2023, 2.0 in December 2023, 1.9 in January 2024, 1.9 in February 2024, 2.2 in March 2024, 2.3 in April 2024, 2.4 in May 2024, 2.6 in June 2024, 2.6 in July 2024, 2.8 in August 2024, 2.7 in September 2024, 2.8 in October 2024 and 2.9 in November 2024.

Note(s): Data are seasonally adjusted. The total number of vacancies is equal to the sum of job vacancies in the provinces (excluding the territories) for consistency with the geographic coverage of the Labour Force Survey. Job Vacancy and Wage Survey data collection was suspended from April 2020 to September 2020. Therefore, data for these reference periods are not available.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0432-01; Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.