StatCan: Job vacancies reach record highs in June

There are currently 1,037,900 positions open compared to 1,005,700 in May.

Job vacancies were at 5.9 percent in June, matching a record-high that was reached in September 2021.

StatCan says employers in the health care and social assistance sector were seeking to fill 149,700 vacant positions in June, "little changed from the record high reached in March (147,500), but 40.8 percent (+43,400) higher than in June 2021. The job vacancy rate was 6.3 percent in the sector in June 2022."

In the accommodation and food services sectors, vacancies increased 6.6 percent (+10,600 to 171,700) in June and were up 38.8 percent (+48,000) on a year-over-year basis. The job vacancy rate in the sector was 12.2 percent, more than double the all-sectors average.

In retail trade, vacancies rose 15.3 percent (+15,200 to 114,400) in June, despite payroll employment in the sector returning to its February 2020 pre-pandemic level for the first time. Vacancies were 22.5 percent (+21,000) higher than in June 2021, and the job vacancy rate was 5.4 percent.