Table 6
Job vacancies by location size and select indicators, 2011Note 1

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Job vacancies by location size and select indicators Less than 20 employees, 20 to 99 employees, 100 to 499 employees and 500 employees or more (appearing as column headers).
  Less than 20 employees 20 to 99 employees 100 to 499 employees 500 employees or more
Employment (thousands) 2,934 2,744 2,186 6,357
Job vacancy rate (%) 3.1 2.3 2.6 2.7
Average hourly wageNote 2 ($) 18.44 20.89 23.08 24.68
Unionization rate (%) 7.0 18.4 31.8 41.4
Departure rateNote 3 (%) 17.3 19.5 16.7 14.1
Retirement rate (%) 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.5
Average ageNote 2 (years) 38.5 39.1 40.3 40.0
Hiring rate (%) 41.7 41.0 35.9 30.9
Proportion of hard-to-fill positions (%) 3.3 2.3 1.8 1.8
Note 1.

Data for the territories are excluded from this table.

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Note 2.

The LFS universe has been modified to be comparable to that of the WS.

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Note 3.

Departures do not include layoffs; only resignations and retirements.

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Sources: Statistics Canada, Workplace Survey (WS) and Labour Force Survey (LFS).
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