Table 1
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by province and territory
| Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Unemploy- ment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2014 | Number of unemployed – Three-month average ending in March 2015 | Number of job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2015 | Unemploy- ment-to-job vacancies – Three-month average ending in March 2015 | Number of unemployed – March 2014 to March 2015 | Number of job vacancies – March 2014 to March 2015 | Unemploy- ment-to-job vacancies – March 2014 to March 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | ratio | thousands | thousands | ratio | change in thousands | change in thousands | change | |
| Canada | 1,404.1 | 208.4 | 6.7 | 1,365.9 | 231.7 | 5.9 | -38.2 | 23.3 | -0.8 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 35.9 | 2.7E | 13.3E | 37.6 | 2.1 | 17.7 | 1.7 | -0.6 | 4.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 11.1 | 0.5 | 20.8 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 11.7 | -0.7 | 0.4 | -9.1 |
| Nova Scotia | 48.5 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 47.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 | -1.2 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| New Brunswick | 42.8 | 4.0E | 10.8E | 44.4 | 3.3 | 13.4 | 1.6 | -0.7 | 2.6 |
| Quebec | 377.3 | 37.9 | 10.0 | 354.0 | 54.0 | 6.6 | -23.3 | 16.1 | -3.4 |
| Ontario | 553.3 | 63.3 | 8.7 | 515.1 | 78.6 | 6.6 | -38.2 | 15.3 | -2.1 |
| Manitoba | 36.5 | 11.4 | 3.2 | 37.8 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | -3.7 | 1.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 26.4 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 30.1 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Alberta | 110.6 | 46.8 | 2.4 | 133.3 | 35.1 | 3.8 | 22.7 | -11.7 | 1.4 |
| British Columbia | 156.7 | 29.3 | 5.3 | 150.9 | 36.5 | 4.1 | -5.8 | 7.2 | -1.2 |
| Yukon | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0E | 1.4 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Northwest Territories | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 3.9E | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Nunavut | 1.8 | 0.1E | 17.7E | 1.7 | 0.1E | 14.6E | -0.1 | 0.0 | -3.1 |
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Note(s):
The number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 284-0003.
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