Job vacancies in brief, three-month average ending in October 2014
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Released: 2015-01-20
Canadian businesses reported 252,000 job vacancies in October, up 17,000 from October 2013. There were 5.0 unemployed people for every job vacancy, down from 5.6 a year earlier. The decline in the ratio was the result of both fewer unemployed people and more job vacancies.
The national job vacancy rate was 1.7% in October, little changed from 12 months earlier.
Note to readers
Monthly data are based on three-month moving averages. For example, data for the current month are based on an average of the data from the current month and the previous two months.
Data on job vacancies are not seasonally adjusted and should only be compared on a year-over-year basis. Given this is a new data series, trends are not yet available; therefore, data should be interpreted with caution.
With each release, data for the current reference month are subject to revision. Data for the previous month have been revised. Users are encouraged to request and use the most up-to-date data for each month.
The differences between estimates presented in the text are statistically significant at the 68% confidence level.
The job vacancies release for November 2014 will be on February 17, 2015.
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