Table 2
Number of unemployed, number of job vacancies, and unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, by sector
| 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 | |
| All unemployed1 | 1,404.1 | 208.4 | 6.7 | 1,365.9 | 231.7 | 5.9 | -38.2 | 23.3 | -0.8 |
| Unemployed, all sectors, worked within past 12 months | 869.2 | 208.4 | 4.2 | 879.4 | 231.7 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 23.3 | -0.4 |
| Forestry, logging and support | 9.6 | F | F | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Mining and quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 15.0 | F | F | 29.5 | 2.1 | 14.2 | 14.5 | F | F |
| Utilities | 1.8E | 1.6E | F | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Construction | 180.1 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 181.0 | 16.9E | 10.7E | 0.9 | 1.9 | -1.3 |
| Manufacturing | 107.4 | 15.7 | 6.8 | 98.9 | 17.5 | 5.6 | -8.5 | 1.8 | -1.2 |
| Wholesale trade | 17.4 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 24.7 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Retail trade | 117.9 | 19.7 | 6.0 | 101.2 | 21.4 | 4.7 | -16.7 | 1.7 | -1.3 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 41.7 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 39.4 | 10.6 | 3.7 | -2.3 | -3.3 | 0.7 |
| Information and cultural industries | 19.6 | 6.5E | 3.0E | 11.8 | 6.7 | 1.8E | -7.8 | 0.2 | -1.2 |
| Finance and insurance | 12.0 | 8.0 | 1.5E | 14.7 | 14.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 13.3 | F | F | 11.0 | 2.5E | F | -2.3 | F | F |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 51.6 | 15.7 | 3.3 | 44.5 | 12.3 | 3.6 | -7.1 | -3.4 | 0.3 |
| Management of companies and enterprises | .. | F | .. | .. | F | .. | .. | F | .. |
| Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services | 62.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 86.6 | 16.6 | 5.2 | 23.9 | 8.3 | -2.3 |
| Educational services | 25.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 27.0 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Health care and social assistance | 42.1 | 29.3 | 1.4 | 44.1 | 51.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 22.1 | -0.5 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 26.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 28.6 | 3.4 | 8.5E | 2.4 | -2.3 | 3.9 |
| Accommodation and food services | 87.3 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 87.2 | 27.7 | 3.1 | -0.1 | -3.6 | 0.3 |
| Other services (excluding public administration) | 27.0 | 10.4E | 2.6E | 29.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 2.3 | -4.6 | 2.5 |
| Regional and Aboriginal public administration | 11.3 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 1.4 | -4.4 | -1.5 | -0.3 |
..
not available for a specific reference period
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
The number of unemployed and ratio for 'unemployed, all sectors, worked in past 12 months' and by sector include only those who last worked within the previous 12 months.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 284-0003.
Table note 1
For all unemployed, the number of unemployed and ratio include all unemployed individuals, regardless of previous work experience.
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