Infographic 1
Increased labour demand in the health care and social assistance sector reflects increases in both payroll employment and job vacancies

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "Increased labour demand in the health care and social assistance sector reflects increases in both payroll employment and job vacancies"

This is a linear and bar combination chart.

The vertical axis on the left shows the number of job vacancies and number of payroll employment by increments of 100,000.

The vertical axis on the right shows the job vacancy rate by increments of 0.5 percentage points.

The horizontal axis shows each month from January 2021 to January 2023.

The dark red bar represents the number of job vacancies in the last 25 months, with 90,700 in January 2021, 118,600 in February 2021, 96,500 in March 2021, 106,000 in April 2021, 114,100 in May 2021, 106,000 in June 2021, 103,600 in July 2021, 124,600 in August 2021, 121,700 in September 2021, 123,300 in October 2021, 118,300 in November 2021, 136,900 in December 2021, 136,500 in January 2022, 123,800 in February 2022, 147,300 in March 2022, 130,800 in April 2022, 135,800 in May 2022, 146,900 in June 2022, 152,800 in July 2022, 139,800 in August 2022, 152,400 in September 2022, 152,700 in October 2022, 130,700 in November 2022, 149,800 in December 2022, and 162,100 in January 2023.

The blue bar represents the payroll employment in the last 25 months, with 2,077,800 in January 2021, 2,084,500 in February 2021, 2,100,400 in March 2021, 2,110,200 in April 2021, 2,143,600 in May 2021, 2,137,300 in June 2021, 2,148,400 in July 2021, 2,136,900 in August 2021, 2,167,700 in September 2021, 2,168,900 in October 2021, 2,178,300 in November 2021, 2,184,700 in December 2021, 2,184,400 in January 2022, 2,192,000 in February 2022, 2,224,900 in March 2022, 2,212,400, in April 2022, 2,217,500 in May 2022, 2,220,200 in June 2022, 2,220,800 in July 2022, 2,216,900 in August 2022, 2,228,800 in September 2022, 2,233,800 in October 2022, 2,234,200 in November 2022, 2,254,500 in December 2022, and 2,269,700 in January 2023.

The black line represents the job vacancy rate (in percentage) in the last 25 months, with 4.2% in January 2021, 5.4% in February 2021, 4.4% in March 2021, 4.8% in April 2021, 5.1% in May 2021, 4.7% in June 2021, 4.6% in July 2021, 5.4% in August 2021, 5.3% in September 2021, 5.4% in October 2021, 5.2% in November 2021, 5.9% in December 2021, 5.9% in January 2022, 5.3% in February 2022, 6.2% in March 2022, 5.6% in April 2022, 5.8% in May 2022, 6.2% in June 2022, 6.4% in July 2022, 5.9% in August 2022, 6.4% in September 2022, 6.4% in October 2022, 5.5% in November 2022, 6.2% in December 2022, and 6.7% in January 2023.

Note(s): Labour demand is equal to the sum of filled and vacant positions. Data are adjusted for seasonality.

Source(s): Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (5217), table 14-10-0406-01.