Job vacancies in Canada in December 2014 – 5.0 unemployed people for every job vacancy down from 6.2 a year before

Canadian businesses reported 233,000 job vacancies in December, up 30,000 compared with 12 months earlier. For every job vacancy, there were 5.0 unemployed people, down from 6.2 in December 2013. This decline in the ratio was the result of both fewer unemployed people and more job vacancies.

Unemployment-to-job vacancies ratio declines in four provinces

In Nova Scotia, there were 6.6 unemployed people for every job vacancy, down from 10.6 in December 2013, as there were more job vacancies in the province.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at The Daily — Job vacancies, three-month average ending in December 2014.