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Top 20 Occupations In Canada With Highest Job Vacancies

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Last Updated On 20 June 2024, 10:41 AM EDT (Toronto Time)

Job vacancies in Canada continue to decline, with Statistics Canada reporting 648,600 vacant jobs in the first quarter of 2024.

This is about a 34% decline from the record high of 983,600 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2022.

The unemployment-to-job vacancy ratio is now the highest since the second quarter of 2021, with 2.0 unemployed persons for every job vacancy.

In the first quarter of 2024, the number of vacant positions in trades, transport, and equipment operators and related occupations decreased by 39,300 (-25.6%) on a year-over-year basis.

This is a matter of concern for candidates preparing to align their profiles with skilled trades and transport occupation-specific express entry draws since IRCC may revise the list of occupations eligible for these draws next year.

Furthermore, this might also be one of the potential reasons for IRCC not holding any trade occupation-targeted draws so far in 2024.

Professional occupations in health (40,300 vacancies), technical occupations in health (24,800), and specialized middle management occupations in health care (1,000 vacancies) experienced minimal fluctuations in the first quarter compared to the previous year.

In this article, we enlist:

20 Occupations With Highest Job Vacancies

Occupations and NOC Codes Job vacancies  Average offered hourly wage 
Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses  [31301] 28,635 $34.90
Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations  [65201] 26,720 $16.60
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates  [33102] 21,060 $23.05
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers  [64100] 15,955 $17.50
Transport truck drivers  [73300] 15,460 $27.15
Construction trades helpers and labourers  [75110] 12,800 $22.90
Licensed practical nurses  [32101] 12,740 $29.35
Cooks  [63200] 12,505 $18.40
Social and community service workers  [42201] 12,355 $23.60
Early childhood educators and assistants  [42202] 9,950 $20.95
Other customer and information services representatives: [64409] 9,515 $21.30
Light-duty cleaners  [65310] 9,430 $19.25
Food and beverage servers  [65200] 8,970 $15.85
Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers  [65102] 6,455 $16.00
Material handlers  [75101] 6,375 $20.50
Administrative officers  [13100] 5,990 $25.55
Automotive service technicians, truck and bus mechanics and mechanical repairers  [72410] 5,970 $29.60
Food service supervisors  [62020] 5,950 $18.10
Carpenters  [72310] 5,680 $27.80
Receptionists  [14101] 5,545 $20.75
Occupations With the Highest Job Vacancies in Q1 2024
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10 occupations with the largest annual increases in job vacancies

Below are the top 10 occupations that saw the largest annual increase in the number of job vacancies in the first quarter of 2024.

Occupations First quarter of 2024 first quarter of 2023 %age change year-on-year
Police officers (except commissioned) 820 300 173.3%
Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment 1665 755 120.5%
Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusionists and cardiopulmonary  technologists 1475 690 113.8%
Concrete finishers 905 475 90.5%
Instructors of persons with disabilities 1155 640 80.5%
Web developers and programmers 910 510 78.4%
Pharmacists 2145 1370 56.6%
Banking, insurance and other financial clerks 2245 1550 44.8%
Drafting technologists and technicians 1725 1230 40.2%
Civil engineers 3050 2595 17.5%
10 occupations with the largest annual increases in job vacancies

10 occupations with the largest annual decreases in job vacancies

Below are the top 10 occupations that saw the largest annual decrease in the number of vacant jobs in the first quarter of 2024.

Occupations First quarter of 2024 first quarter of 2023 First quarter of 2023 to first quarter of 2024
Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations 26,720 49,355 -45.9%
Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers 15,955 27,540 -42.1%
Material handlers 6,375 10,695 -40.4%
Store shelf stockers, clerks and order fillers 6,455 10,645 -39.4%
Other customer and information services representatives 9,515 14,760 -35.5%
Light-duty cleaners 9,430 14,290 -34%
Transport truck drivers 15,460 23,245 -33.5%
Cooks 12,505 18,475 -32.3%
Food and beverage servers 8,970 13,095 -31.5%
Social and community service workers 12,355 16,185 -23.7%
10 occupations with the largest annual decreases in job vacancies

What is the unemployment rate in Canada?

6.2% is the unemployment rate in Canada as of May 2024.

Which Canadian province has the highest unemployment rate in Canada?

Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest unemployment rate in Canada, at 7.9%, followed by New Brunswick at 7.5%, Alberta at 7.2%, PEI at 7.1%, and Ontario at 6.7%.

Which Canadian province has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada?

In May 2024, Manitoba had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada, at 4.9%, ahead of Quebec at 5.1%, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan at 5.6%.



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