"...low-skilled positions are also difficult to fill. There were 497,000 vacant positions requiring a high school diploma or less in the fourth quarter last year, compared to 296,000 unemployed Canadian-born individuals and 70,000 unemployed immigrants with matching credentials. (see article link below).
If your company needs people, consider trying on-demand workers to get your jobs done while making a decision about hiring someone permanently.
* External Source: ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/not-simple-story-labour-shortages-112534467.html