Canadian Labor Market: Facts And Figures 2017

Doing a research on the Canadian labor market? Looking at job vacancy rates gives you a good indication of what jobs employers are looking to fill.

Here is peek at some of the latest facts and figures from the first quarter of 2017, according to data from the Government of Canada’s Job Bank, released in April.

For the first quarter of 2017, Canada had a record of 328, 000 job vacancies.

There were fewer job vacancies in every province, except in Nunavut, in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the first quarter of 2016. And the biggest shift is not surprisingly found in Alberta, with a drop in vacancies by almost half.

Where the jobs are

While this is probably not news to skilled immigrants having a hard time finding work in their field, more than a third of all job vacancies (115,000 or 34.9 percent) are related to sales and service occupations. The trades and transport sectors come next, with the second highest number of vacancies (42,000 or 12.8 percent).

While this is probably not news to skilled immigrants having a hard time finding work in their field, more than a third of all job vacancies (115,000 or 34.9 percent) are related to sales and service occupations. The trades and transport sectors come next, with the second highest number of vacancies (42,000 or 12.8 percent).

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