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Canada 150 – Employment rate of women and men aged 25 to 54, 1950 to 2016

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% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 WomenWomen MenMen
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701).

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Canada 150 – Employment rate of women and men aged 25 to 54, 1950 to 2016, %
  Women Men
1950 21.1 94.0
1951 21.8 95.6
1952 22.3 94.8
1953 22.2 94.3
1954 22.3 92.6
1955 22.9 93.1
1956 24.1 94.0
1957 25.4 93.0
1958 25.8 90.7
1959 26.9 91.7
1960 28.2 90.8
1961 29.2 90.2
1962 30.0 91.6
1963 31.0 92.3
1964 32.3 93.2
1965 33.3 93.7
1966 34.6 94.2
1967 36.2 93.5
1968 36.7 92.5
1969 37.7 92.7
1970 38.7 91.6
1971 39.5 91.2
1972 40.6 91.3
1973 42.4 92.1
1974 44.0 92.3
1975 45.5 90.8
1976 48.7 90.4
1977 49.6 89.4
1978 51.7 89.5
1979 53.7 90.1
1980 55.9 89.6
1981 58.1 89.7
1982 57.7 85.4
1983 58.7 84.2
1984 60.0 84.4
1985 62.1 85.3
1986 64.0 86.3
1987 65.4 87.0
1988 67.5 87.6
1989 68.9 87.6
1990 69.8 86.4
1991 69.0 83.7
1992 68.3 81.7
1993 68.1 81.8
1994 68.6 82.5
1995 69.4 83.0
1996 69.6 82.8
1997 71.0 83.7
1998 72.2 84.6
1999 73.2 85.1
2000 73.9 85.8
2001 74.3 85.3
2002 75.3 85.2
2003 76.0 85.6
2004 76.7 86.0
2005 76.5 86.1
2006 77.0 86.2
2007 78.2 86.2
2008 78.0 86.6
2009 77.1 83.5
2010 77.1 83.9
2011 77.2 84.8
2012 77.7 85.1
2013 78.1 85.1
2014 77.4 85.1
2015 77.5 85.3
2016 77.8 85.0
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701).
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