Posted on December 22 2022
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Canada has been facing workforce shortages as currently, it has 1M+ job vacancies. Hence the employers and the Canadian government worked on increasing the average hourly wages per the demand of an occupation.
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As there is a chronic shortage in the workforce market and unable to find workers for the vacant jobs, most employers increased their wages for the vacant positions.
The average hourly wage raised by 7.5%, which is CAD 24.20 compared to the same quarter of 2021.
The in-demand occupation categories that have seen an increase in wages than the national average are displayed in the following table:
Categories of occupations |
Increase in wages |
Middle management in trades, transportation, production, and utilities |
+10.8% to $41.40 an hour |
Assisting occupations in support of health services |
+10.7% to $22.45 an hour |
Assemblers in manufacturing |
+10.4% to 20.05 an hour |
Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers |
+10.2% to $20.02 an hour |
Canada has record-level job vacancies for 150,100 healthcare and social sector professionals, which have not been filled in Q3, 2022. The country has been investing in and streamlining foreign-educated healthcare professionals.
Industries that have a notable number of job vacancies are shown in the following table:
Industry names | Number of job vacancies |
Healthcare and social sector professionals | 150,100 |
Accommodation and food services | 140,000 |
Construction | 81,000 |
Professional scientific and technical services | 63,100 |
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Saskatchewan and Manitoba have seen an increase in job vacancies in Q3 of 7.5% and 10.7%, respectively. The percentage in need of workforce has been rising from Quarter to Quarter.
The highest job vacancy rate is continuously increasing at 6.2% and 5.8% for British Columbia & Quebec, respectively.
Province name | Number of Job vacancies |
British Columbia | 155,400 |
Ontario | 364,000 |
Quebec | 232,400 |
Alberta | 103,380 |
Manitoba | 32,400 |
Saskatchewan | 24,300 |
Nova Scotia | 22,960 |
New Brunswick | 16,430 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,185 |
Prince Edward Island | 4,090 |
Northwest Territories | 1,820 |
Yukon | 1,720 |
Nunavut | 405 |
Canada is focused on filling in the workforce shortages. Hence immigration is the power source of the country.
The Express Entry managed programs tend to target in-demand professions in Canada.
The statistics of the number of job vacancies that are in demand occupations in each sector from each province will help the IRCC target ad send ITAs in 2023.
Canada has been taking measures to increase its workforce in the country by granting OPWs (Open Work Permits) to families who are under LMIA-based work permits.
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