Chart 4
Year over year, unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio up in 5 of 10 provinces

Newfoundland and Labrador¹ Prince Edward Island¹ Ontario Alberta Canada New Brunswick¹ Nova Scotia¹ Quebec British Columbia Manitoba Saskatchewan¹ 0 2 4 6 8 unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio May 2025May 2025 May 2024May 2024
1.
Year-over-year changes are not statistically significant.
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0432-01; Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Year over year, unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio up in 5 of 10 provinces, unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio
  May 2025 May 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador¹ 6.8 5.4
Prince Edward Island¹ 4.6 4.2
Ontario 4.1 3.0
Alberta 3.5 2.6
Canada 3.3 2.4
New Brunswick¹ 3.2 3.7
Nova Scotia¹ 2.8 2.3
Quebec 2.7 1.9
British Columbia 2.6 1.8
Manitoba 2.4 1.9
Saskatchewan¹ 1.8 1.6
1.
Year-over-year changes are not statistically significant.
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0432-01; Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.
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