Table 1 
Number of job vacancies by province and territory, first quarter 2015 and first quarter 2016 

Number of job vacancies by province and territory, first quarter 2015 and first quarter 2016
First quarter 2015 – Number of job vacanciesFirst quarter 2016 – Number of job vacanciesFirst quarter 2015 to first quarter 2016 – Number of job vacanciesFirst quarter 2015 to first quarter 2016 – Number of job vacancies
  thousandsthousands change in thousands % change
Canada 399.9 328.1 -71.7 -17.9
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.9 3.4 -0.5 -12.1
Prince Edward Island 1.0E 0.7 -0.3 -32.3
Nova Scotia 8.8 8.1 -0.7 -8.0
New Brunswick 4.8 4.6 -0.1 -2.8
Quebec 60.1 53.0 -7.1 -11.8
Ontario 152.9 138.6 -14.3 -9.3
Manitoba 13.0 10.7 -2.3 -17.6
Saskatchewan 14.2 9.2 -4.9 -34.7
Alberta 73.7 38.4 -35.3 -47.9
British Columbia 66.2 60.1 -6.0 -9.1
Yukon 0.6E 0.5 -0.1 -21.5
Northwest Territories 0.7 0.6 -0.1 -16.4
Nunavut 0.2E 0.3 0.1 22.2
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Source(s):
CANSIM tables 285-0001, 285-0002, 285-0003 and 285-0004.
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