{"id":119676,"date":"2023-05-01T18:42:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T22:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/canada-job-vacancies-fell-in-february-as-more-workers-landed-paying-work\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:42:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T22:42:36","slug":"canada-job-vacancies-fell-in-february-as-more-workers-landed-paying-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-job-vacancies-fell-in-february-as-more-workers-landed-paying-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Job Vacancies Fell In February As More Workers Landed Paying Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada job<\/a> vacancies dropped by four per cent in February to 841,300, more than erasing the increase the previous month as the number of job postings in education, healthcare and social services dipped in the second month of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn February, the number of job vacancies showed little change in the remaining 18 sectors, including in accommodation and food services where there were 116,800 job vacancies, retail trade with 90,600 vacant jobs, construction with 69,400 open jobs and manufacturing with 63,700 vacant positions,\u201d noted Statistics Canada in its latest Payroll Employment, Earnings and hours, and Job Vacancies<\/i> report.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s job vacancy rate, defined as the number of vacant positions as a proportion of total labour demand which is the sum of filled and vacant positions, nudged down 0.2 percentage points to 4.7 per cent in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of job vacancies in healthcare and social assistance declined by 16,200 positions, a drop of 10.1 per cent, to 143,800 in February, offsetting January’s increase of 11,800 positions, up 7.9 per cent over the previous month,\u201d noted Statistics Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDespite this decline, the number of vacancies in this sector remained the highest across all sectors for the eighth consecutive month in February.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In education, the number of job vacancies fell by 3,600, a drop of 16 per cent, to 18,700 in February, following a decrease of 5,300, or 19.1 per cent in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job vacancy rate in the sector was 1.3 per cent in February, the lowest of all sectors for the tenth consecutive month,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

Driving down the job vacancy rate is the uptick in people landing paying work in Canada. Payroll employment in the services sector grew by 62,300\u00a0 <\/span>jobs in February as the number of workers with paying jobs in the goods-producing sector held steady.<\/p>\n

\u201cPayroll employment in educational services increased by 19,400 workers in paying jobs, up 1.4 per cent in February 2023, continuing an upward trend that began in November 2022,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cElementary and secondary schools, with an increase of 18,200 paid workers or 2.2 per cent more, accounted for over 90 percent of February’s monthly gain in educational services, while representing roughly 60 per cent of total payroll employment in the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Retail Trade And Construction Sector Was In Hiring Mode In February<\/h3>\n

Stores added 11,200 paid employees as the retail trade added a half of a per cent more workers in February on the heels of January\u2019s increase of 27,600 paid workers.<\/p>\n

The construction sector added 10,400 paid workers, continuing the steady climb in the size of its workforce that started back in September last year. Since then, the sector has added 35,300 paid workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn February, payroll employment in professional, scientific and technical services increased by 7,100, up 0.6 per cent,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n

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