High job vacancies in health care, food services, and accommodation in Canada

 

According to the data revealed from newly-published job vacancies report in Canada, there are plenty of vacancies in  health care, accommodation, and food services.

Due to the increased public health measures, Canadian employers in healthcare, food service and accommodation sectors are looking for the employees. Among these health sector has highest number of openings.

Canadian employers are recruiting workers for 671,100 positions in May, whereas in July the healthcare sector recorded highest number of openings in Canada. These positions counted to 107,300 positions in May which is one sixth of all job vacancies in Canada.

Whereas accommodation and food services ranked second with 78,000 positions and is followed by retail trade sector having 73,800 job vacancies.

Quebec, for instance, recorded the highest job vacancy rate among all the provinces in Canada.

Province in Canada	Job vacancy percentage
Quebec	5.1
British Columbia	5.0
New Brunswick	4.9
Newfoundland	2.8
Labrador	2.8

In the total job vacancies, the accommodation and food services sector has a vacancy rate of 7.8 percent. This high percentage would reflect seasonal hiring and would be a recruitment challenge.

Due to the pandemic, the restaurants were shuttered, and the employees were forced to take up social assistance, and employers found it difficult to call back their staff. According to CBC reports, people started reconsidering their careers and lifestyles and are more concerned about their health. This high rate of vacancies is also partly due to the absence of international students, who often work part-time under this category. Read More