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OTTAWA, May 12 (Reuters) - The number of job vacancies in
Canada fell in the fourth quarter of last year, with the largest
number of openings among sales and service positions, data from
Statistics Canada showed on Thursday.
There were 353,000 job vacancies in the final quarter of
2015, with a job vacancy rate of 2.3 percent. That was down from
401,000 open positions in the third quarter and a vacancy rate
of 2.6 percent. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
Of the 10 broad occupational groups, sales and service
occupations accounted for 40 percent of all vacancies with
142,600 jobs open. Nearly two-thirds of all job vacancies in the
country were for full-time work.
By province, British Columbia had the highest vacancy rate
at 2.8 percent. Aside from the northern territories, Ontario
offered the highest hourly wage for vacant positions at C$19.35,
above the national average of C$18.95.
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