Table 3 
Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, adjusted for seasonality1 

Job vacancies and job vacancy rate, adjusted for seasonality
Payroll employment2 – November
2023p
Job vacancies – November
2023p
Job vacancy rate – November
2023p
  thousandsthousands %
Sector aggregate3 17,158.6 653.0 3.7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 239.6 9.5 3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 210.7 6.7 3.1
Utilities 135.1 2.9 2.1
Construction 1,167.4 58.6 4.8
Manufacturing 1,557.2 41.8 2.6
Wholesale trade 823.5 24.2 2.9
Retail trade 2,021.2 69.0 3.3
Transportation and warehousing 839.9 36.9 4.2
Information and cultural industries F F F
Finance and insurance F F F
Real estate and rental and leasing 290.9 8.2 2.7
Professional, scientific and technical services 1,218.9 41.7 3.3
Management of companies and enterprises 122.6 3.2E 2.5E
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 832.0 35.8 4.1
Educational services 1,445.6 19.4 1.3
Health care and social assistance 2,332.1 127.1 5.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation 314.5 9.5 2.9
Accommodation and food services 1,290.1 82.8 6.0
Other services (excluding public administration) 564.9 29.2 4.9
Public administration4 560.0 13.4 2.3
Provinces and territories      
Newfoundland and Labrador 198.8 6.1 3.0
Prince Edward Island 69.9 1.8E 2.5E
Nova Scotia 459.0 13.1 2.8
New Brunswick 304.9 11.7 3.7
Quebec 3,848.2 149.5 3.7
Ontario 6,653.9 237.1 3.4
Manitoba 608.1 23.4 3.7
Saskatchewan 496.6 20.1 3.9
Alberta 2,049.2 81.6 3.8
British Columbia 2,413.5 105.7 4.2
Yukon 19.2 1.0E 5.0E
Northwest Territories 21.3 F F
Nunavut 16.0 F F
p
preliminary
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
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