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Datasets
  • canada-provinces-population-quarterly
  • canada-cma-ca-job-postings-job-bank-current
  • canada-cma-ca-unemployment-monthly
  • canada-er-unemployment-monthly
  • canada-er-vacancies-quarterly
  • canada-er-labor-market-tightness-quarterly

Datasets

Labor market tightness by economic region

Labor market tightness by economic region, quarterly vacancy-to-unemployment (V/U) ratio.

Reference period
2025 Q3
Canada labor market tightness (V/U)
0.31
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Canada (V/U)
Northwest, Ontario1.136
Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec1.056
North Coast and Nechako, British Columbia0.902
Centre-du-Québec, Quebec0.871
Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec, Quebec0.836
Parklands and North, Manitoba0.808
Yukon0.76
Southeast, Manitoba0.681
Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec0.654
Northwest Territories0.65
Estrie, Quebec0.643
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec0.634
Yorkton-Melville, Saskatchewan0.618
Mauricie, Quebec0.614
Edmundston-Woodstock, New Brunswick0.61
Thompson-Okanagan, British Columbia0.564
Prince Albert and Northern, Saskatchewan0.552
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec0.526
Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River, Alberta0.509
Northeast, British Columbia0.495
Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia0.494
Kootenay, British Columbia0.492
Swift Current-Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan0.479
Southwest, Manitoba0.476
Capitale-Nationale, Quebec0.467
Halifax, Nova Scotia0.446
Stratford-Bruce Peninsula, Ontario0.445
Montérégie, Quebec0.436
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec0.431
Muskoka-Kawarthas, Ontario0.427
Vancouver Island and Coast, British Columbia0.425
Northeast, Ontario0.423
Southern, Nova Scotia0.423
Saskatoon-Biggar, Saskatchewan0.42
Interlake, Manitoba0.417
Cariboo, British Columbia0.405
Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake, Alberta0.391
South Central and North Central, Manitoba0.388
Laurentides, Quebec0.384
Lanaudière, Quebec0.383
Camrose-Drumheller, Alberta0.382
Lower Mainland-Southwest, British Columbia0.371
North Shore, Nova Scotia0.366
Nunavut0.364
Regina-Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan0.355
Kingston-Pembroke, Ontario0.348
Prince Edward Island0.348
Saint John-St. Stephen, New Brunswick0.338
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia0.334
Fredericton-Oromocto, New Brunswick0.324
Montréal, Quebec0.323
London, Ontario0.308
Red Deer, Alberta0.282
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat, Alberta0.275
Winnipeg, Manitoba0.273
Moncton-Richibucto, New Brunswick0.272
Ottawa, Ontario0.268
Hamilton-Niagara Peninsula, Ontario0.257
Kitchener-Waterloo-Barrie, Ontario0.253
Edmonton, Alberta0.247
Campbellton-Miramichi, New Brunswick0.247
Calgary, Alberta0.244
Laval, Quebec0.244
Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador0.216
Toronto, Ontario0.209
West Coast-Northern Peninsula-Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador0.199
Outaouais, Quebec0.152
Windsor-Sarnia, Ontario0.149
South Coast-Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame-Central Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador0.14
Data Sources
  • Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0441-01. Job vacancies, payroll employees, job vacancy rate, and average offered hourly wage by economic regions. Job Vacancy and Wage Survey.
  • Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0462-01. Labour force characteristics by economic region, three-month moving average, unadjusted for seasonality. Labour Force Survey.
  • Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0292-01. Labour force characteristics by province and territory. Labour Force Survey.