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OTTAWA – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics Canada says<\/a> the number of job vacancies at the beginning of April hit just over one million, up more than 40 per cent compared with a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agency says employers in Canada were actively seeking to fill 1,001,100 vacant positions, up 23,300 from March and a gain of 308,000 compared with April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It says the job vacancy rate, which measures the number of vacant positions as a proportion of all positions, was 5.8 per cent in April compared with 4.4 per cent in the same month last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of job vacancies hit a record high in several sectors including construction which saw the number of job vacancies hit 89,900 in April, up 12,000 from March and up 27,200 from April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of vacancies were also at a record high for professional, scientific and technical services; transportation and warehousing; finance and insurance; arts, entertainment and recreation; and real estate and rental and leasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The health care and social assistance sector saw the number of job vacancies fall to 125,200 in April from a peak of 147,500 in March, however they were still up 21.3 per cent compared with a year earlier.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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