A labour market review by the Toronto-based C.D. Howe Institute says raising the retirement age to 67 could help address high job vacancies in the Atlantic provinces.

Parisa Mahboubi, a senior policy analyst at the institute who co-authored the study, told CBC Radio's Information Morning Nova Scotia the study looked at indicators like productivity and GDP per capita across all provinces.

She said the four Atlantic provinces have the lowest labour participation rates for seniors. 

Nova Scotia, in p…