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Job vacancy rate: Canadian provinces ranked (Aug 2026)

Measure: Job vacancy rate. All 11 provinces and territories with data in Job vacancies by province and territory, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2026-08.

Licence: Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 2.8 (Canada).

Lowest: 2.1 to 2.5 %
Group 2: 2.5 to 3 %
Group 3: 3 to 3 %
Group 4: 3 to 3.1 %
Highest: 3.1 to 4.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Yukon	4.1
2	Manitoba	3.2
3	Alberta	3.1
3	British Columbia	3.1
5	Nova Scotia	3
5	Quebec	3
5	Saskatchewan	3
8	New Brunswick	2.5
8	Ontario	2.5
10	Nunavut	2.3
11	Newfoundland and Labrador	2.1

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01: Job vacancies, payroll employees, and job vacancy rate by provinces and territories, monthly, adjusted for seasonality. Reference period: 2026-08.

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Canadian provinces and territories ranked by job vacancy rate (2026-08). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0432-01; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/ca-provinces-by-job-vacancy-rate/

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