Some in-demand occupation categories experienced increases in offered wages even higher than the national average, including:
- Middle management in trades, transportation, production, and utilities (+10.8% to $41.40 an hour)
- Assisting occupations in support of health services (+10.7% to $22.45 an hour)
- Assemblers in manufacturing (+10.4% to 20.05 an hour)
- Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers (+10.2% to $20.02 an hour)
Which sectors have high job vacancies in Canada?
Most notably, Canada reached a new record high of job vacancies in the healthcare and social assistance sector. Over 150,100 positions were unfilled in the third quarter of 2022.
Other industries that saw a notable number of vacancies included:
- Accommodation and food services, with 140,000 job vacancies
- Construction, which saw its own historic high of 81,000 vacant positions
- Professional scientific and technical services with 63,100 job vacancies
Which provinces have the most job vacancies?
- British Columbia: 155,400 vacancies
- Manitoba: 32,400 vacancies
- Ontario: 364,000 vacancies
- Quebec: 232,400 vacancies
- Saskatchewan: 24,300 vacancies
- Alberta: 103,380 vacancies
- New Brunswick: 16,430 vacancies
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 8,185 vacancies
- Northwest Territories: 1,820 vacancies
- Nova Scotia: 22,960 vacancies
- Nunavut: 405 vacancies
- Prince Edward Island: 4,090 vacancies
- Yukon: 1,720 vacancies
