Statistics Canada

Canada: The 199,700 job vacancies reported by Statistics Canada Tuesday represent a decline of 21,000 openings from the same month a year ago. Another way of looking at it is that there were 6.3 unemployed Canadians for every open job. 'The number of vacancies falling below 200,000 casts further doubt on the notion that Canada is suffering from a shortage of workers.' - Erin Weir, economist, United Steelworkers , according to CBC. Critics say the data conflicts with reports from the government saying there is a labour shortage. Canadian businesses had just under 200,000 vacancies in December, the lowest number since March 2011, when Statistics Canada began collecting job vacancy numbers. That compares to 5.7 per vacancy 12 months earlier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.