Table 1
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory

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Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory
  Three-month average ending in June 2011 Three-month average ending in June 2012 June 2011 to June 2012
Number of unemployed Number of job vacancies Unemployment-to-job vacancies Number of unemployed Number of job vacancies Unemployment-to-job vacancies Number of unemployed Number of job vacancies Unemployment-to-job vacancies
  thousands thousands ratio thousands thousands ratio change in thousands change in thousands change
Canada 1,408.1 243.1 5.8 1,381.2 263.1 5.3 -27.0 20.0 -0.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 31.5 2.8 11.3 32.6 3.1 10.6 1.1 0.3 -0.7
Prince Edward Island 9.0 0.8 11.5 9.1 1.4 6.4 0.1 0.6 -5.1
Nova Scotia 43.6 5.3 8.2 46.7 4.7 10.0 3.0 -0.6 1.8
New Brunswick 39.0 3.8 10.2 37.8 4.1 9.3 -1.2 0.2 -0.9
Quebec 327.9 65.4 5.0 336.6 43.7 7.7 8.7 -21.8 2.7
Ontario 584.9 77.5 7.5 581.9 86.2 6.7 -3.0 8.7 -0.8
Manitoba 34.8 9.5 3.7 33.1 9.9 3.4 -1.6 0.4 -0.3
Saskatchewan 27.5 9.3 3.0 27.0 14.5 1.9 -0.5 5.2 -1.1
Alberta 121.5 43.2 2.8 104.0 64.3 1.6 -17.5 21.1 -1.2
British Columbia 182.7 24.4 7.5 166.3 30.1 5.5 -16.4 5.7 -2.0
Yukon 1.3 F F 1.6 0.3 4.9 0.3 F F
Northwest Territories 2.0 0.5 3.8 2.1 0.7 F 0.1 0.2 F
Nunavut 2.4 0.2 14.5 2.2 0.2 11.5 -0.2 0.0 -3.0
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s): 
The number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.