Job vacancies rose to a record high and there were more paid jobs in all but two of Canada\u2019s 10 provinces in March than there were before the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll provinces, with the exception of Alberta, which saw a drop of 12,700 paid jobs, and Newfoundland and Labrador, which saw a decline of 1,700, had, in March, surpassed their payroll employment level in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d notes Statistics Canada in its Payroll Employment, Earnings and Hours, and Job Vacancies report for March 2022<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Canadian employers were then working hard to fill a record high of more than a million jobs \u2013 exactly 1,012,900.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Read More<\/b><\/p>\n New Canada Express Entry Changes To Allow Occupation-Based Invitations<\/a><\/span> Vacancies increased by 22.6 per cent, up 186,400 positions, that month and were up 60.5 per cent by 382,000 positions over the same month the previous year.<\/p>\n The job vacancy rate is a measure of all the empty positions divided by all the jobs in Canada, both those that are filled as well as those that are empty. In March, that rate stood at 5.9 per cent, matching the record high in September last year<\/p>\n The statistical and demographic services agency chalks up the rise in paid employment in Canada to the easing of pandemic restrictions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe number of employees receiving pay or benefits from their employer, measured by the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours<\/i> (SEPH) as payroll employment, increased by 118,100, or up 0.7 per cent, in March,\u201d notes Statistics Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cThe increase in payroll employment coincided with the continued easing of public health measures, as remaining capacity limits affecting business operations had generally been lifted by the first two weeks of March, although some combination of masking, proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or COVID-19 testing remained a requirement in some settings in certain jurisdictions.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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