Chart 3
Proportion of self-employed workers aged 15 and older, Canada, 1946 to 2016

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Chart description


The title of the graph is "Proportion of self-employed workers aged 15 and older, Canada, 1946 to 2016."
This is a column clustered chart.
There are in total 8 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 40 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 1 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "%."
The horizontal axis is "Time period."
The title of series 1 is " Self-employed."
The minimum value is 12 and it corresponds to " 1976."
The maximum value is 33 and it corresponds to " 1946."

Proportion of self-employed workers aged 15 and older, Canada, 1946 to 2016
  %
 1946 33
 1956 21
 1966 15
 1976 12
 1986 14
 1996 16
 2006 15
 2016 15
Note(s):
Annual averages covering the period of 1946 to 1952 are based on four surveys per year (roughly quarterly). From 1953 to 2016, annual averages are based on 12 monthly surveys per year. Newfoundland is excluded before 1950. From 1946 to 1975, data are based on those aged 14 years and older. Employees were the combination of 'paid workers' in non-agricultural and agricultural industries. Self-employed workers were the combination of 'own account workers', 'employers' and 'unpaid family workers' in non-agricultural and agricultural industries. From 1976 to 2016, data are based on those aged 15 and older. Source: Table D236-259 in Historical Statistics of Canada (11-516-X) (data from 1946 to 1975) and CANSIM table 282-0012 (data from 1976 to 2016).
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