(Ottawa) The number of vacancies remained essentially unchanged at 848,800 in December, compared to 849,200 job vacancies in November, and appeared to be leveling off after peaking in May at more than one million, Statistics reported Thursday. Canada.
Meanwhile, the number of employees receiving pay climbed 0.5% in December, after almost leveling off in November, the federal agency said.
Employment showed growth of 4.5% over the same period a year earlier, but the average number of hours worked per week fell.
Average weekly earnings rose 3.4% year over year in December, down from 4.0% growth in November.
Job vacancies in health care and social assistance rose 13.8% in December, more than offsetting November’s decline.
This sector has seen its number of vacancies more than double since the start of the pandemic, observed Statistics Canada.