Canada had a total of 637,400 job vacancies in December 2023, the third consecutive month of little change, according to Statistics Canada.
Job vacancies were down by 209,200 (-24.7%) compared with December 2022, and down by 365,900 (-36.5%) from the record high of 1,003,200 reached in May 2022.
Among sectors, health care and social assistance (125,900) had the highest number of job vacancies that month, far ahead of accommodation and food services (82,700) which had the second highest number.
