Table 2
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by sector
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| 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 | |
| All unemployed¹ | 1,408.1 | 243.1 | 5.8 | 1,381.2 | 263.1 | 5.3 | -27.0 | 20.0 | -0.5 |
| Unemployed, all sectors, worked within past 12 months | 813.1 | 243.1 | 3.3 | 802.8 | 263.1 | 3.1 | -10.3 | 20.0 | -0.3 |
| Forestry, logging and support | 7.9 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 0.4 | 30.1 | 3.0 | -0.2 | 16.1 |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 14.6 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 5.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| Utilities | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Construction | 113.0 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 105.0 | 26.8 | 3.9 | -8.0 | 15.8 | -6.3 |
| Manufacturing | 94.9 | 23.0 | 4.1 | 88.8 | 20.8 | 4.3 | -6.1 | -2.3 | 0.2 |
| Wholesale trade | 21.2 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 26.9 | 13.3 | 2.0 | 5.7 | -0.1 | 0.4 |
| Retail trade | 113.2 | 20.7 | 5.5 | 113.7 | 33.0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 12.3 | -2.0 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 37.6 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 31.7 | 13.2 | 2.4 | -5.9 | 2.2 | -1.0 |
| Information and cultural industries | 20.3 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 16.8 | 9.0 | 1.9 | -3.5 | 3.1 | -1.6 |
| Finance and insurance | 18.0 | 12.7 | F | 21.8 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 3.8 | -2.6 | F |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 14.8 | F | F | 9.9 | 3.0 | F | -4.8 | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 39.7 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 49.8 | 15.7 | 3.2 | 10.1 | -1.5 | 0.9 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | F | 1.4 | F | F | 1.4 | F | F | 0.0 | F |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 60.2 | 25.4 | 2.4 | 67.5 | 11.3 | 6.0 | 7.2 | -14.1 | 3.6 |
| Educational services | 40.7 | 7.7 | 5.3 | 38.4 | 9.0 | 4.3 | -2.3 | 1.3 | -1.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 47.3 | 41.0 | 1.2 | 46.6 | 34.3 | 1.4 | -0.8 | -6.7 | 0.2 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 41.8 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 39.2 | 6.3 | 6.2 | -2.7 | 0.9 | -1.5 |
| Accommodation and food services | 92.5 | 18.6 | 5.0 | 77.9 | 26.3 | 3.0 | -14.6 | 7.7 | -2.0 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 26.2 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 26.5 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 | -1.1 |
| Public administration2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 0.9 | -0.8 | -1.0 | 0.0 |
F
too unreliable to be published
For all unemployed, the number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.
Does not include federal, provincial or territorial public administration.
Note(s):
The number of unemployed and ratio for 'Unemployed, all sectors, worked in past 12 months' and by sector include only those who last worked within the previous 12 months.
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