October 11, 2018 – Canada job vacancies have increased by nearly 19 per cent in the last year to well over half a million.

New figures from Statistics Canada show there were 547,300 vacancies at the end of June 2018, an increase of 87,100 on June 2017.

The numbers reveal how Canada's battle with a shrinking labour market is affecting the ability of employers to fill vacancies.

Canada's job vacancy rate rose from 2.9 per cent to 3.4 per cent over the same period, with increases in every quarter since the end of 2016.

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