Canada reports over 1 million job vacancies

According to Statistics Canada’s latest data on job openings, payroll, and earnings, companies in Canada were actively trying to replace more than one million unfilled positions at the beginning of March 2022.

In March, the number of job vacancies in Canada reached a new high of 1,012,900, surpassing the previous high of 988,300 set in September 2021. Between February and March, there was an increase of 186,400 vacancies. The job vacancy rate, which compares the number of empty positions to the total number of vacant and filled posts, matched the previous high of 5.9% set in September (not seasonally adjusted).

Vacancies in the hospitality and food services industries, as well as retail trade, climbed by more than a third. Employers in the hospitality and food services industries were looking to fill 158,100 positions, while retailers had 109,200 openings.