Employment prospects have improved in areas across most of Canada, but in the short term the chances of finding a job aren’t quite as promising in some of Canada’s largest cities.

The Conference Board of Canada’s Help-Wanted index published last month showed prospects for near-term employment had improved or were expected to be stable in 19 census metropolitan areas (major Canadian cities and the suburban areas around them).

In the Atlantic region, the employment outlook is quite good in St. John’s, N.L., Saint John, N.B., but fewer job openings are expected in Halifax.

In Quebec, there are more jobs available in the cities of Saguenay and Trois-Rivieres, and Sherbrooke, than in Quebec City and Montreal.

Of Ontario’s 11 census metropolitan areas, short-term employment prospects are excellent in Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Windsor, Kitchener and Thunder Bay, while the prospects were expected to be quite stable in Greater Sudbury and the outlook is less optimistic in Ottawa-Gatineau, Oshawa, and St. Catharines-Niagara.

In the West, prospects are very good in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Abbotsford, and only stable in Regina, but employment prospects are not good in Vancouver and Victoria at this time.

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