Infographic 1
Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio decreased in January

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio decreased in January"

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 month, from July 2021 to January 2026.

The black line represents the number of job vacancies (in thousands) in the last 55 months, with 812.5 in July 2021, 889.8 in August 2021, 936.8 in September 2021, 927.4 in October 2021, 909.0 in November 2021, 974.0 in December 2021, 908.5 in January 2022, 903.7 in February 2022, 981.4 in March 2022, 976.1 in April 2022, 984.0 in May 2022, 985.4 in June 2022, 980.1 in July 2022, 942.2 in August 2022, 942.3 in September 2022, 898.5 in October 2022, 869.4 in November 2022, 846.4 in December 2022, 841.9 in January 2023, 813.9 in February 2023, 791.3 in March 2023, 784.0 in April 2023, 760.2 in May 2023, 741.8 in June 2023, 723.2 in July 2023, 710.9 in August 2023, 655.7 in September 2023, 680.5 in October 2023, 669.6 in November 2023, 630.0 in December 2023, 652.0 in January 2024, 648.1 in February 2024, 596.0 in March 2024, 589.3 in April 2024, 565.2 in May 2024, 548.3 in June 2024, 546.5 in July 2024, 537.3 in August 2024, 533.1 in September 2024, 530.0 in October 2024, 537.1 in November 2024, 532.2 in December 2024, 525.2 in January 2025, 523.5 in February 2025, 514.9 in March 2025, 506.9 in April 2025, 494.5 in May 2025, 492.4 in June 2025, 493.2 in July 2025, 477.3 in August 2025, 489.4 in September 2025, 479.5 in October 2025, 480.1 in November 2025, 503.9 in December 2025, and 490.4 in January 2026.

The blue line represents the unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio in the last 55 months, with 1.9 in July 2021, 1.6 in August 2021, 1.6 in September 2021, 1.4 in October 2021, 1.4 in November 2021, 1.3 in December 2021, 1.5 in January 2022, 1.3 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, 1.3 in January 2023, 1.3 in February 2023, 1.4 in March 2023, 1.4 in April 2023, 1.5 in May 2023, 1.6 in June 2023, 1.6 in July 2023, 1.6 in August 2023, 1.8 in September 2023, 1.8 in October 2023, 1.9 in November 2023, 2.0 in December 2023, 1.9 in January 2024, 2.0 in February 2024, 2.3 in March 2024, 2.3 in April 2024, 2.4 in May 2024, 2.6 in June 2024, 2.6 in July 2024, 2.7 in August 2024, 2.7 in September 2024, 2.8 in October 2024, 2.9 in November 2024, 2.8 in December 2024, 2.8 in January 2025, 2.8 in February 2025, 3.0 in March 2025, 3.1 in April 2025, 3.2 in May 2025, 3.1 in June 2025, 3.2 in July 2025, 3.3 in August 2025, 3.3 in September 2025, 3.2 in October 2025, 3.1 in November 2025, 3.1 in December 2025, and 3.0 in January 2026.

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.

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