Table 1
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory
Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in September 2012 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2012 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2012 | Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in September 2013 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2013 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2013 | Number of unemployed – September 2012 to September 2013 | Number of job vacancies – September 2012 to September 2013 | Unemployment-to-job vacancies – September 2012 to September 2013 | |
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thousands | thousands | ratio | thousands | thousands | ratio | change in thousands | change in thousands | change | |
Canada | 1,408.7 | 270.5 | 5.2 | 1,386.2 | 229.2 | 6.0 | -22.5 | -41.3 | 0.8 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 31.0 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 25.5 | 1.8 | 14.5 | -5.5 | -1.0 | 3.3 |
Prince Edward Island | 7.9 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 15.5 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 7.5 |
Nova Scotia | 45.1 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 42.5 | 4.6 | 9.3 | -2.6 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
New Brunswick | 40.1 | 4.7 | 8.6 | 39.1 | 3.1 | 12.5 | -1.0 | -1.6 | 3.9 |
Quebec | 316.4 | 48.4 | 6.5 | 329.2 | 41.4 | 8.0 | 12.8 | -7.0 | 1.5 |
Ontario | 617.1 | 88.0 | 7.0 | 591.6 | 72.5 | 8.2 | -25.5 | -15.5 | 1.2 |
Manitoba | 39.5 | 11.7 | 3.4 | 39.6 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | -2.1 | 0.7 |
Saskatchewan | 27.9 | 14.4 | 1.9 | 26.1 | 9.5 | 2.7 | -1.8 | -4.9 | 0.8 |
Alberta | 106.3 | 61.1 | 1.7 | 111.9 | 52.8 | 2.1 | 5.6 | -8.3 | 0.4 |
British Columbia | 172.0 | 32.4 | 5.3 | 167.6 | 32.4 | 5.2 | -4.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
Yukon | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1.1 |
Northwest Territories | 2.2 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 4.7 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 1.3 |
Nunavut | 2.1 | 0.3 | F | 2.1 | 0.1 | 18.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | F |
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 284-0003. The number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.
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