Chart 3
Proportion of the employed population working in agriculture, Canada, 1881 to 2016
Chart description
The title of the graph is "Proportion of the employed population working in agriculture, Canada, 1881 to 2016."
This is a column stacked chart.
There are in total 15 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 55 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 1 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "%."
The horizontal axis is "year."
The title of series 1 is "Proportion of employed in agriculture ."
The minimum value is 1.6 and it corresponds to " 2016."
The maximum value is 48.1 and it corresponds to " 1881."
| % | |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 48.1 |
| 1891 | 45.8 |
| 1901 | 40.2 |
| 1911 | 34.3 |
| 1921 | 32.8 |
| 1931 | 28.6 |
| 1941 | 25.7 |
| 1951 | 15.7 |
| 1961 | 10.0 |
| 1971 | 5.8 |
| 1981 | 3.9 |
| 1991 | 3.5 |
| 2001 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 1.6 |
Note(s):
From 1881 to 1921, percentages are based on the population aged 10 years and older.From 1931 to 2016, percentages are based on the population aged 15 years and older.Source(s): Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 1881 to 1971, and CANSIM table 282-0008.
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