Canada / In June, for every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier

Canadian businesses reported 216,000 job vacancies in June, down 47,000 from June 2012. For every job vacancy, there were 6.3 unemployed people, up from 5.2 a year earlier. The increase in the unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio was the result of fewer job vacancies, as the number of unemployed people was little changed.

Ratio increases in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Chart 1 Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, all unemployed, by province, three-month average, June 2012 and June 2013

Provincially, Ontario had the most notable increase in the unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio, going from 6.8 unemployed people for every job vacancy in June 2012 to 8.6 in June 2013. The ratio increased because there were fewer job vacancies in the province, as the number of unemployed people was little changed.

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via The Daily — Job vacancies, three-month average ending in June 2013.