Which industries/positions are most in short supply for skilled immigrants in Canada? Canada reported 47,000 job openings in the fourth quarter, an increase of 89,000 from the fourth quarter of 2016, or 23% year-over-year. Statistics Canada said nearly seven in 10 jobs were full-time and the average hourly wage for job openings was C$0.10. Statistics Canada said job openings in Quebec increased by 29,185 over the fourth quarter of 2016, or 46 per cent over the same period last year.? * Job vacancies in the language province were most pronounced in manufacturing, accommodation, food services, finance and insurance.

Ontario, Canada's most populous province, had 28,085 job openings in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 17 job openings over the fourth quarter of 2016.3%. Statistics Canada noted that job openings increased in 15 of 20 industrial sectors, including health care, social services, and accommodation and food services.

British Columbia, on Canada's west coast, added 15,485 job openings in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 21.2 percent from a year earlier. BC Accommodation, food services and construction were the provincial growth sectors. job openings in Alberta increased by 8,890 year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2017 and by 20.9% in 2016. Job openings in Prince Edward Island, Canada's least populous Atlantic province, increased by 285 over the fourth quarter of 2016, or 27 percent year-over-year As a result, Canada's immigration system is responding to this demand by implementing a multi-year immigration leveling plan that sets a target of nearly one million new entrants over a three-year period from 2022 to 2022, the majority of which will be through Canada's Economic Economic Immigration Program of Canada.

Manufacturing employers saw an increase of 11,000 job openings, or 39%, over the same period last year. Statistics Canada said there were job openings in most sectors of the manufacturing industry, primarily food manufacturing, fabricated metal product manufacturing and transportation equipment manufacturing.Transportation warehousing vacancies increased by 8,600 in the fourth quarter of 2017, or 43.5 per cent year-over-year, with significant job gains in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. Sales and service vacancies increased by 33,000 across Statistics Canada's 10 occupational groups in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to 2016. Quebec grew, followed by Ontario and British Columbia.

Meanwhile, job openings in trade, transportation and equipment operators increased by 24,000, or 43.1%, in the fourth quarter of 2016. Related industries also saw growth during the quarter, namely manufacturing, transportation, warehousing and construction. Job openings increased in British Columbia and Alberta.