Canada’s high job vacancy rate means immigration will be even more critical to the labour market in the future

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 12:00:19 +0000

Canada’s unemployment rate is at a record low of 5.1%, resulting in significant worker shortages. Job vacancies are more than 80% higher than they were pre-pandemic. These vacancies are in large part due to Canada’s aging population. More than one in five working age Canadians are approaching retirement age. This impact is compounded by Canada’s […]

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Canada sees record-high job vacancies in the first quarter of 2022

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:00:31 +0000

Job vacancies in Canada climbed to 957,500 in the first quarter, the highest quarterly number on record according to Statistics Canada. The number of job vacancies has spiked by more than 72% representing about 401,900 positions compared to the first quarter of 2020. Job vacancies in Q1 2022 surpassed the previous record high numbers recorded […]

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Job vacancies remain at historic highs in Canada

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:13:23 +0000

Canada’s private sector is continuing to experience historically high job vacancies. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business latest Help Wanted Report shows that roughly 433,000 private-sector jobs went unfulfilled this past quarter, which is about 1,500 more than the second quarter this year, and 15,000 more than this time last year. “This is now the […]

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