In the fourth quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies in Canada peaked at 915,500, little changed from the third quarter (912,600). Record-high job vacancies in the fourth quarter coincided with almost full recovery of payroll employment and falling unemployment.
Quarterly data from the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey (JVWS) provides additional information beyond the monthly job vacancy data previously released. While the monthly estimates from the JVWS provide more timely information on the number of job vacancies by province and by industrial sector, quarterly JVWS data provide insights into job vacancies by subsector, vacancies by occupation, offered wages, and trends in the duration of job vacancies.
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