Table 3
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by province and territory
| Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2012 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in September 2012 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in September 2013 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in September 2013 | Number of job vacancies – September 2012 to September 2013 | Number of job vacancies – September 2012 to September 2013 | Job vacancy rate – September 2012 to September 2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change in percentage points | |
| Canada | 270.5 | 1.9 | 229.2 | 1.6 | -41.3 | -15.3 | -0.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | -1.0 | -35.7 | -0.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.5 | -50.0 | -0.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 4.9 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 1.2 | -0.3 | -6.1 | -0.1 |
| New Brunswick | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | -1.6 | -34.0 | -0.4 |
| Quebec | 48.4 | 1.5 | 41.4 | 1.3 | -7.0 | -14.5 | -0.2 |
| Ontario | 88.0 | 1.6 | 72.5 | 1.3 | -15.5 | -17.6 | -0.3 |
| Manitoba | 11.7 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 1.7 | -2.1 | -17.9 | -0.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 14.4 | 3.2 | 9.5 | 2.1 | -4.9 | -34.0 | -1.1 |
| Alberta | 61.1 | 3.2 | 52.8 | 2.7 | -8.3 | -13.6 | -0.5 |
| British Columbia | 32.4 | 1.7 | 32.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Yukon | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 33.3 | 0.2 |
| Northwest Territories | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | -0.2 | -28.6 | -0.7 |
| Nunavut | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 | -0.2 | -66.7 | -1.3 |
Note(s):
Related CANSIM table 284-0001.
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