Jobs are coming back in a big way in Canada and creating more opportunities for economic immigration to the country as it recovers from the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanadian employment rose a strong 240,000 in the fourth quarter of 2021, from September to December, leaving total jobs now more than one per cent above pre-COVID levels, and up 4.8 per cent from a year ago,\u201d notes Band of Montreal senior economist Robert Kavcic.<\/p>\n
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Quebec Expands List Of Occupations Qualifying For Facilitated LMIA Process<\/a><\/span> In his latest Regional Labour Market Report Card: Job Recovery Broadens, the BMO\u2019s director of economics reports that Canada\u2019s jobless rate closed off the year at 5.9 per cent.<\/p>\n \u201cRegionally, seven of 10 provinces have now seen a full employment recovery, or better,\u201d notes Kavcic.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite waves of restrictions, employment in Ontario is 2.1 per cent above the pre-COVID mark, the strongest recovery in the country along with B.C.\u201d<\/p>\n The top 10 best performing cities in terms of their labour market during the last quarter of the year were:<\/p>\n The BMO\u2019s latest labour market report jibes with Statistics Canada\u2019s Payroll Employment, Earnings And Hours, And Job Vacancies, December 2021<\/i>, which noted there were 896,100 job vacancies in Canada at the start of December, 2.5 per cent or 21,400, higher than at the beginning of November.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the number of vacancies remained below the recent peak of 988,300 observed in September 2021, there were 87.9 per cent more vacancies in December 2021 than in December 2020,\u201d noted the statistical and demographic services agency.<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
\nStatistics Canada\u2019s Latest Job Numbers Show Massive Labour Shortages<\/span><\/a>
\nQuebec Investing $65M To Recruit Nurses From Francophone Countries<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\nOntario Top Province For Job Recovery, Guelph Top City<\/h3>\n
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