Table 1
Number of unincorporated self-employed and unincorporated self-employment rate, Canada, 1989 to 2010

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Table 1
Number of unincorporated self-employed and unincorporated self-employment rate, Canada, 1989 to 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of unincorporated self-employed and unincorporated self-employment rate Total employment, Unincorporated self-employment, Unincorporated self-employment rate and Unemployment rate , calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total employment Unincorporated self-employment Unincorporated self-employment rate Unemployment rate
number percent
1989 14,886,342 1,253,251 8.4 7.5
1990 15,107,991 1,275,997 8.5 8.1
1991 15,230,934 1,289,131 8.5 10.3
1992 14,811,621 1,354,724 9.2 11.2
1993 14,778,081 1,429,147 9.7 11.4
1994 14,975,552 1,523,023 10.2 10.4
1995 15,200,903 1,584,271 10.4 9.5
1996 15,444,650 1,661,205 10.8 9.6
1997 15,944,935 1,742,560 10.9 9.1
1998 16,389,524 1,787,556 10.9 8.3
1999 16,965,259 1,812,484 10.7 7.6
2000 17,534,623 1,818,757 10.4 6.8
2001 17,876,523 1,834,968 10.3 7.2
2002 18,020,742 1,844,769 10.2 7.7
2003 18,478,410 1,873,082 10.1 7.6
2004 18,689,067 1,880,239 10.1 7.2
2005 18,889,743 1,917,719 10.2 6.8
2006 19,021,639 1,921,756 10.1 6.3
2007 19,465,433 1,972,510 10.1 6.0
2008 19,726,554 1,977,448 10.0 6.1
2009 19,475,125 1,971,929 10.1 8.3
2010 19,598,520 2,014,098 10.3 8.1
Annual average 17,114,190 1,715,483 10.0 8.2
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on data from the T1 Historical Personal Master File, 1988 to 2010.
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