Metropolitan Monthly Monitors: Metro Help-Wanted Index April 2010

As in the previous month, April’s Help-Wanted Index suggests that the near-term employment outlook is more upbeat in the West than in the East. Overall, The Conference Board of Canada’s Help-Wanted Index found that near-term employment prospects are up in 11 CMAs, stable in 1, and down in 15. Of the 8 Western Canadian CMAs covered in this report, 6 can boast positive job growth prospects (Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Abbotsford, Vancouver and Victoria), 1 (Edmonton) shows stable prospects, and just 1 (Winnipeg) is down. In the East, only 5 of the 19 CMAs (Québec, Sherbrooke, Greater Sudbury, Toronto, and St. Catharines-Niagara) are up. Prospects are down in the 14 other Eastern CMAs.