Number of job vacancies down in the third quarter: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA –

Statistics Canada says the variety of job vacancies fell within the third quarter after reaching a file excessive within the second quarter.

The company says employers in Canada had been actively searching for to fill 959,600 vacant positions within the third quarter, down 3.3 per cent from 992,200 within the April-to-June interval.

However, job vacancies within the third quarter remained elevated in contrast with earlier than the pandemic.

The job emptiness price — which corresponds to the variety of vacant positions as a proportion of whole labour demand — was 5.4 per cent within the third quarter, down from 5.7 per cent within the second quarter, however up from 3.3 per cent within the first quarter of 2020 on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statistics Canada says there was a median of 1.1 unemployed individuals for every job emptiness within the third quarter of 2022, just like the file low reached within the second quarter.

However, the studying in contrast with a median of two.3 unemployed individuals for every job emptiness within the first quarter of 2020.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Dec. 19, 2022.