A customer enters a restaurant with help wanted signs in Laval, Que. Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies in Canada in August edged down 2.4 percent from July to reach their lowest figure since 2017.
The agency says the 457,400 vacancies was the lowest number since August 2017, excluding the April-to-September 2020 period when data was unavailable during the pandemic.
