{"id":22446,"date":"2023-10-03T00:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/statistics-canada-says-job-vacancies-continued-to-fall-in-july\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T00:47:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T07:47:59","slug":"statistics-canada-says-job-vacancies-continued-to-fall-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/statistics-canada-says-job-vacancies-continued-to-fall-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics Canada says job vacancies continued to fall in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oct. 2, 2023 \u2013 TheStatistics Canada says the number of job vacancies in July fell 5.8 per cent to their lowest level since May 2021.<\/p>\n

The agency says the number of job vacancies fell declined by 43,100 to 701,300 in the month, continuing a steady downward trend since June last year.<\/p>\n

On a year-over-year basis, Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies was down by 28.1 per cent or 273,700.<\/p>\n

The number of unfilled jobs in retail trade fell by 10,800, or 12.8 per cent, while the accommodation and food services sector saw a drop of 10,400, or 11.6 per cent.<\/p>\n

The job vacancy rate \u2013 which corresponds to the number of vacant positions as a proportion of total labour demand \u2013 fell 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 per cent in July.<\/p>\n

Statistics Canada says there were 1.7 unemployed people for every job vacancy in July, up from 1.5 in June and 1.2 at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n