"TERMS AND CONDITIONS" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/terms/" "NAME" "Business Outlook Survey—data by firm size (four quarter moving averages) - Labour shortages and labour shortage intensity" "DESCRIPTION" "Firm sizes are defined as follows: small firms have 10 to 99 employees, medium-sized firms have 100 to 499 employees, and large firms have 500 or more employees. Because the responses are presented here as four-quarter moving averages, these charts may not show the same movements as the aggregate BOS data published each quarter." "LINK" "https://www.bankofcanada.ca/?p=217700" "SERIES" "id","label","description" "BOS_LS_S","Small firms, labour shortages","Labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Does your firm face any shortages of labour that restrict your ability to meet demand?" "BOS_LSI_S","Small firms, intensity of labour shortages","Intensity of labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "BOS_LS_M","Medium-sized firms, labour shortages","Labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Does your firm face any shortages of labour that restrict your ability to meet demand?" "BOS_LSI_M","Medium-sized firms, intensity of labour shortages","Intensity of labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "BOS_LS_L","Large firms, labour shortages","Labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Does your firm face any shortages of labour that restrict your ability to meet demand?" "BOS_LSI_L","Large firms, intensity of labour shortages","Intensity of labour shortages, four-quarter moving averages - Compared with 12 months ago, are labour shortages generally…" "OBSERVATIONS" "date","BOS_LS_S","BOS_LSI_S","BOS_LS_M","BOS_LSI_M","BOS_LS_L","BOS_LSI_L" "2004Q1","29.20","-0.95","37.62","12.31","32.73","6.04" "2004Q2","34.61","8.54","37.81","13.71","30.88","9.67" "2004Q3","38.91","16.88","40.91","20.18","31.75","12.24" "2004Q4","46.65","23.05","44.64","24.43","27.02","17.59" "2005Q1","47.54","30.19","41.78","26.60","26.56","19.94" "2005Q2","42.86","27.78","41.20","27.68","30.35","30.10" "2005Q3","44.25","30.91","39.99","24.11","34.48","33.04" "2005Q4","40.79","33.95","44.36","34.53","41.25","37.42" "2006Q1","41.10","40.94","46.50","38.36","45.98","51.42" "2006Q2","42.88","52.27","46.08","47.06","43.25","59.75" "2006Q3","39.38","47.81","41.91","53.85","40.40","65.43" "2006Q4","33.90","42.17","38.81","40.86","38.19","69.74" "2007Q1","32.87","38.27","38.10","43.89","37.95","57.79" "2007Q2","33.72","31.53","34.95","35.89","39.74","43.05" "2007Q3","34.87","26.88","39.49","31.54","37.85","35.11" "2007Q4","38.81","26.75","39.73","31.24","38.44","30.50" "2008Q1","35.63","21.82","40.29","20.21","33.44","30.45" "2008Q2","37.46","18.65","42.23","21.32","35.00","23.54" "2008Q3","36.17","18.09","38.73","15.79","35.68","12.42" "2008Q4","28.10","7.24","37.20","0.96","30.11","-10.78" "2009Q1","24.50","-9.73","31.76","-14.96","26.01","-33.57" "2009Q2","19.38","-32.57","26.58","-37.37","19.27","-48.98" "2009Q3","15.51","-47.21","21.23","-52.88","13.43","-59.59" "2009Q4","16.26","-47.78","12.91","-56.70","10.92","-58.90" "2010Q1","16.37","-42.36","12.07","-45.94","10.92","-48.74" "2010Q2","12.48","-35.65","15.28","-29.10","8.95","-35.50" "2010Q3","13.31","-26.96","15.42","-23.84","11.01","-21.13" "2010Q4","17.06","-25.86","17.52","-9.99","11.51","-4.66" "2011Q1","16.30","-16.41","17.62","-3.37","13.84","5.70" "2011Q2","20.38","-5.19","14.60","0.86","22.05","17.01" "2011Q3","18.83","-1.73","18.52","11.16","23.50","20.31" "2011Q4","20.74","9.48","21.99","20.62","27.97","19.65" "2012Q1","21.96","11.74","26.89","25.58","31.32","18.20" "2012Q2","26.56","16.29","31.73","25.49","24.26","12.80" "2012Q3","31.76","21.47","31.22","24.16","25.50","12.62" "2012Q4","29.68","18.08","29.14","23.76","26.55","13.40" "2013Q1","30.62","10.34","27.46","19.06","23.74","7.35" "2013Q2","25.77","5.63","24.00","15.70","25.29","2.48" "2013Q3","24.90","2.03","23.30","13.03","25.41","1.76" "2013Q4","24.73","-2.74","23.68","9.17","26.47","2.39" "2014Q1","23.68","3.33","23.92","13.70","27.88","0.69" "2014Q2","25.00","0.36","24.28","11.91","27.42","5.84" "2014Q3","18.65","1.85","23.83","12.24","24.30","12.39" "2014Q4","17.03","2.08","25.90","9.97","20.26","7.78" "2015Q1","19.39","-3.44","24.59","-2.95","18.12","9.18" "2015Q2","16.22","-1.23","23.37","-7.44","20.14","-0.86" "2015Q3","20.38","-3.58","20.41","-14.50","17.96","-16.58" "2015Q4","18.94","-5.51","21.23","-20.07","15.33","-26.13" "2016Q1","20.05","-9.15","21.02","-22.15","13.33","-29.75" "2016Q2","20.45","-10.11","23.58","-22.79","10.05","-29.87" "2016Q3","18.33","-8.26","28.71","-20.28","12.68","-28.97" "2016Q4","22.71","-5.43","30.25","-14.94","14.46","-21.71" "2017Q1","23.14","2.20","29.62","-8.69","13.12","-13.79" "2017Q2","27.15","9.59","29.00","3.58","14.37","2.83" "2017Q3","27.01","15.24","28.74","17.46","14.89","16.83" "2017Q4","26.55","23.15","25.64","23.53","20.28","32.50" "2018Q1","27.30","25.42","28.08","37.52","23.26","40.80" "2018Q2","26.06","24.14","34.15","40.91","24.40","42.33" "2018Q3","30.23","28.44","36.30","43.88","27.58","45.23" "2018Q4","32.84","28.85","40.58","46.69","25.99","47.84" "2019Q1","27.01","25.17","40.02","39.58","26.25","44.35" "2019Q2","26.85","20.02","31.69","31.83","30.17","39.96" "2019Q3","30.32","16.55","29.80","17.31","25.89","35.77" "2019Q4","28.82","14.84","26.40","12.56","26.14","28.64" "2020Q1","31.16","16.40","27.10","17.27","30.08","24.00" "2020Q2","29.71","7.23","27.34","1.26","21.68","8.85" "2020Q3","24.57","-0.24","25.17","-3.03","22.85","-8.73" "2020Q4","24.59","-2.95","28.26","-9.19","21.34","-21.61" "2021Q1","26.81","-7.39","27.83","-16.49","15.43","-23.64" "2021Q2","25.98","5.25","29.50","7.55","22.15","-6.97" "2021Q3","24.67","17.78","32.79","29.20","27.24","19.92" "2021Q4","28.68","36.61","34.24","44.47","28.32","44.31" "2022Q1","34.62","54.64","37.72","58.94","33.06","58.89" "2022Q2","36.49","63.21","42.67","66.31","38.81","68.80" "2022Q3","40.06","60.00","48.06","60.58","36.62","62.62" "2022Q4","37.22","44.71","46.06","54.88","38.34","47.39" "2023Q1","30.95","21.41","43.97","31.32","38.97","24.99" "2023Q2","28.18","3.69","42.24","9.06","33.67","-1.11" "2023Q3","28.42","-17.33","35.91","-10.67","30.93","-27.27" "2023Q4","26.73","-32.90","35.20","-28.78","25.35","-46.43"