By Julia Hornstein
According to Statistics Canada’s latest report on job vacancies, payroll and earnings, employers in Canada were actively seeking to fill about 1 million job positions at the beginning of April, up 2.4% from the previous months and almost 45% from April last year (not seasonally adjusted).
Statistics Canada indicated that the increase in April is in large part due to seasonal reasons, as more job become vacant in the spring and summer.
Furthermore, job vacancies reached a record high in Alberta and Ontario in April, with an average of 1.1 unemployed person for each job vacancy, down from 1.2 in March and 2.4 from a year earlier (not seasonally adjusted). There were almost four unemployed people for every vacant job in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The number of job vacancies in the construction sector reached a new high of 89,900 in April, up 5.4% from March and almost 45% from last April. Job vacancies also reached a record high in professional, scientific and technical services; transportation and warehousing; finance and insurance, entertainment and recreation; and real estate.
Finally, the number of vacant jobs in the health care and social assistance sector has decreased 15% 125,200 from its peak of 147,500 in March.
Source: CIC News
