Job postings in Canada: what employers are hiring for (2026)
This page reads every active posting located in Canada across the ten boards JobsPipe collects and reports the mix as shares: the functions employers are hiring for, the seniority they target, the remote and pay-disclosure rates, and the industries and company sizes behind the postings.
4.7% of these postings are marked remote, 42.4% state a salary or range, the most common seniority label is senior at 13.3%. Postings with no seniority label are counted in the denominator, so the seniority shares do not sum to one.
Who the postings are aimed at
Seniority is read from the posting’s own label where one exists. Postings without a label stay in the denominator, so these shares describe how often each level is stated, not the full mix.
- Entry level8.6%
- Mid level4.9%
- Senior13.3%
- Lead or manager5.8%
- Executive0.8%
Functions employers are hiring for
- Management and Manufacturing3.7%
- Engineering3.1%
- Other2.8%
- Sales1.8%
- Healthcare1.7%
- Engineering and Information Technology1.7%
- Finance & Accounting1.5%
- Retail1.4%
Industries behind the postings
Industry is the employer’s ISIC division where it is known. The filter isic_division_or reproduces each row.
- Financial services4.3%
- Software and IT services4.2%
- Healthcare3.4%
- Retail trade3.3%
- Employment and staffing2.7%
- Public administration2.4%
- Education2.1%
- Food service2.0%
Company size
Employee count comes from the employer record where it is known; postings from companies without a known size are excluded from this cut.
- 1-50 employees3.6%
- 51-200 employees3.0%
- 201-1000 employees5.6%
- 1000+ employees20.8%
Employment type
- Full-time77.8%
- Part-time8.2%
- Contract3.6%
FAQ
What share of job postings in Canada are remote?+
4.7% of the active postings on this page carry a remote flag. The flag is read from the posting itself, so hybrid roles that never say remote are counted as on-site. Filter the API with remote set to true and the same scope to reproduce the figure.
How many job postings in Canada disclose salary?+
42.4% state a salary or a range in the posting text or structured fields. Disclosure varies more by board and by jurisdiction than by role, so compare the figure with the board-level shares on the sources pages before reading it as a market signal.
Which industries post the most jobs in Canada?+
By ISIC division, the largest shares are Financial services (4.3%), Software and IT services (4.2%), Healthcare (3.4%). Industry is resolved from the employer's classification where known, and postings without a classification are excluded from this cut.
Which functions are employers in Canada hiring for?+
The largest functions by share of postings are Management and Manufacturing (3.7%), Engineering (3.1%), Other (2.8%), Sales (1.8%). Function is assigned from the normalized title and the posting text.
Where do these numbers come from?+
From JobsPipe's live index of postings on the ten boards it collects, deduplicated by posting id and counted on 2026-09-09. Only shares are published; the underlying counts stay private. Every figure can be reproduced against the JobsPipe API with the filters shown on this page.
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