Infographic 2
Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio decreases but remains above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio decreases but remains above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels"

This is a linear chart.

The vertical axis on the left shows the number of job vacancies in thousands, by increments of 100. It starts at 400 and ends at 1,000.

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 quarter, from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2025.

The black line represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 33 quarters, with 483.2 in the fourth quarter of 2017, 499.5 in the first quarter of 2018, 515.3 in the second quarter of 2018, 529.3 in the third quarter of 2018, 563.8 in the fourth quarter of 2018, 548.5 in the first quarter of 2019, 546.6 in the second quarter of 2019, 538.9 in the third quarter of 2019, 527.7 in the fourth quarter of 2019, 558.2 in the first quarter of 2020, the second and third quarters of 2020 were omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, 581.3 in the fourth quarter of 2020, 599.2 in the first quarter of 2021, 688.6 in the second quarter of 2021, 882.2 in the third quarter of 2021, 934.9 in the fourth quarter of 2021, 942.5 in the first quarter of 2022, 982.5 in the second quarter of 2022, 957.2 in the third quarter of 2022, 874.4 in the fourth quarter of 2022, 825.2 in the first quarter of 2023, 769.1 in the second quarter of 2023, 707.9 in the third quarter of 2023, 669.0 in the fourth quarter of 2023, 637.3 in the first quarter of 2024, 576.0 in the second quarter of 2024, 545.9 in the third quarter of 2024, 540.8 in the fourth quarter of 2024, 522.0 in the first quarter of 2025, 504.8 in the second quarter of 2025, 492.2 in the third quarter of 2025, and 493.0 in the fourth quarter of 2025.

The blue line represents the unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio in the last 33 quarters, with 2.5 in the fourth quarter of 2017, 2.3 in the first quarter of 2018, 2.3 in the second quarter of 2018, 2.2 in the third quarter of 2018, 2.0 in the fourth quarter of 2018, 2.1 in the first quarter of 2019, 2.1 in the second quarter of 2019, 2.1 in the third quarter of 2019, 2.2 in the fourth quarter of 2019, 2.4 in the first quarter of 2020, the second and third quarters of 2020 were omitted because data were not collected during this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, 3.1 in the fourth quarter of 2020, 2.9 in the first quarter of 2021, 2.4 in the second quarter of 2021, 1.7 in the third quarter of 2021, 1.4 in the fourth quarter of 2021, 1.3 in the first quarter of 2022, 1.1 in the second quarter of 2022, 1.1 in the third quarter of 2022, 1.2 in the fourth quarter of 2022, 1.3 in the first quarter of 2023, 1.4 in the second quarter of 2023, 1.7 in the third quarter of 2023, 1.9 in the fourth quarter of 2023, 2.0 in the first quarter of 2024, 2.4 in the second quarter of 2024, 2.6 in the third quarter of 2024, 2.8 in the fourth quarter of 2024, 2.9 in the first quarter of 2025, 3.1 in the second quarter of 2025, 3.2 in the third quarter of 2025, and 3.1 in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Note(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey data collection was suspended for the second and third quarters of 2020. Therefore, data for these reference periods are not available. Data are adjusted for seasonality. 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.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table (14-10-0400-01), and Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0287-01.