Is the job market for Data Scientists in Canada really this bad?

I just went to apply for a Data Scientist job on LinkedIn and saw this. These numbers seem like something out of the Great Depression. I left the company name off as it is not a well known company nor particularly relevant.

Data Scientist - Pricing & Analytics, Fintech

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