Chart 4
Number and proportion of payroll employees working in construction, 1961 to 2016, Canada

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Chart description


The title of the graph is "Number and proportion of payroll employees working in construction, 1961 to 2016, Canada."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 56 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 1,050 with ticks every 150 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 7 with ticks every 1 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1961 to 2016.
The title of series 1 is "Number of payroll employees."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The vertical axis is "thousands."
The minimum value is 284.3 occurring in 1961.
The maximum value is 978.8 occurring in 2015.
The title of series 2 is "Proportion of payroll employees."
This series is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "%."
The minimum value is 4.2 occurring in 1993, 1995, 1996 and 1997.
The maximum value is 6.6 occurring in 1966.

Number and proportion of payroll employees working in construction, 1961 to 2016, Canada
  Number of payroll employees Proportion of payroll employees
  thousands %
1961 284.3 6.0
1962 301.3 6.1
1963 308.4 6.0
1964 332.0 6.2
1965 366.9 6.5
1966 390.8 6.6
1967 375.4 6.2
1968 371.8 6.0
1969 378.5 5.8
1970 365.6 5.5
1971 390.7 5.8
1972 404.0 5.8
1973 427.8 5.8
1974 445.6 5.7
1975 450.7 5.7
1976 454.7 5.7
1977 466.7 5.7
1978 436.5 5.2
1979 466.1 5.4
1980 455.4 5.1
1981 475.1 5.2
1982 409.7 4.6
1983 421.3 4.5
1984 424.3 4.5
1985 475.7 4.8
1986 503.8 5.0
1987 529.9 5.0
1988 557.6 5.1
1989 612.1 5.4
1990 602.7 5.3
1991 503.0 4.7
1992 458.2 4.4
1993 440.3 4.2
1994 450.9 4.3
1995 455.0 4.2
1996 455.5 4.2
1997 472.7 4.2
1998 499.0 4.3
1999 524.5 4.5
2000 557.7 4.6
2001 577.7 4.5
2002 607.8 4.6
2003 631.3 4.7
2004 660.3 4.8
2005 692.1 5.0
2006 734.3 5.1
2007 783.6 5.4
2008 829.0 5.6
2009 798.0 5.5
2010 829.8 5.6
2011 861.4 5.7
2012 908.5 6.0
2013 947.1 6.1
2014 975.3 6.2
2015 978.8 6.2
2016 971.3 6.1
Notes: Data covering the period of 1961 to 1982 use annual averages of monthly estimates unadjusted for seasonality. Data from 1983 to 2000 use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980, while data from 2001 to 2016 use the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).Sources: CANSIM table 281-0015 (data from 1961 to 1982), CANSIM table 281-0005 (data from 1983 to 2000) and CANSIM table 281-0024 (data from 2001 to 2016).
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