Table 4
Number of job vacancies and job vacancy rate, by sector
| Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2015 | Job vacancy rate – Three-month average ending in March 2015 | Number of job vacancies – March 2014 to March 2015 | Number of job vacancies – March 2014 to March 2015 | Job vacancy rate – March 2014 to March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | % | thousands | % | change in thousands | % change | change in percentage points | |
| Sector aggregate | 208.4 | 1.4 | 231.7 | 1.6 | 23.3 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| Forestry, logging and support | F | F | x | x | x | x | x |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | F | F | 2.1 | 0.9 | F | F | F |
| Utilities | 1.6E | 1.3E | x | x | x | x | x |
| Construction | 15.0 | 1.7 | 16.9E | 1.9E | 1.9 | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| Manufacturing | 15.7 | 1.1 | 17.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 11.5 | 0.1 |
| Wholesale trade | 8.9 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Retail trade | 19.7 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 13.9 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 1.4 | -3.3 | -23.7 | -0.5 |
| Information and cultural industries | 6.5E | 2.0 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| Finance and insurance | 8.0 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 76.3 | 0.9 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | F | 1.2E | 2.5E | 0.9E | F | F | -0.3 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 15.7 | 1.9 | 12.3 | 1.4 | -3.4 | -21.7 | -0.5 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 8.3 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 100.0 | 1.1 |
| Educational services | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Health care and social assistance | 29.3 | 1.6 | 51.4 | 2.8 | 22.1 | 75.4 | 1.2 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 5.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.4 | -2.3 | -40.4 | -1.0 |
| Accommodation and food services | 31.3 | 2.7 | 27.7 | 2.3 | -3.6 | -11.5 | -0.4 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 10.4E | 1.9E | 5.8 | 1.1 | -4.6 | -44.2 | -0.8 |
| Regional and Aboriginal public administration | 6.6 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 1.1 | -1.5 | -22.7 | -0.3 |
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
CANSIM table 284-0001.
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