Chart 13
Unemployment rates in Canada (official and adjusted to U.S. concepts) and the United States, annual, 1976 to 2013

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The title of the graph is "Chart 13 Unemployment rates in Canada (official and adjusted to U.S. concepts) and the United States, annual, 1976 to 2013."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 38 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 14 with ticks every 2 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1976 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "Canada- official."
The minimum value is 6 occurring in 2007.
The maximum value is 12 occurring in 1983.
The title of series 2 is "Canada - adjusted to U.S. Concepts."
The minimum value is 5.2 occurring in 2007.
The maximum value is 11.6 occurring in 1983.
The title of series 3 is "United States."
The minimum value is 4 occurring in 2000.
The maximum value is 9.7 occurring in 1982.

Data table for chart 13
  Canada- official Canada - adjusted to U.S. Concepts United States
1976 7.1 6.9 7.7
1977 8.0 7.8 7.1
1978 8.4 8.1 6.1
1979 7.5 7.3 5.8
1980 7.5 7.3 7.1
1981 7.6 7.3 7.6
1982 11.0 10.7 9.7
1983 12.0 11.6 9.6
1984 11.3 10.9 7.5
1985 10.5 10.1 7.2
1986 9.6 9.2 7.0
1987 8.8 8.4 6.2
1988 7.8 7.4 5.5
1989 7.5 7.1 5.3
1990 8.1 7.7 5.6
1991 10.3 9.8 6.8
1992 11.2 10.6 7.5
1993 11.4 10.8 6.9
1994 10.4 9.6 6.1
1995 9.5 8.6 5.6
1996 9.6 8.8 5.4
1997 9.1 8.4 4.9
1998 8.3 7.7 4.5
1999 7.6 7.0 4.2
2000 6.8 6.1 4.0
2001 7.2 6.5 4.7
2002 7.7 7.0 5.8
2003 7.6 6.9 6.0
2004 7.2 6.4 5.5
2005 6.8 6.0 5.1
2006 6.3 5.5 4.6
2007 6.0 5.2 4.6
2008 6.1 5.3 5.8
2009 8.3 7.3 9.3
2010 8.0 7.1 9.6
2011 7.4 6.5 8.9
2012 7.2 6.3 8.1
2013 7.1 6.1 7.4
Note(s):
The Canadian data have been adjusted to make them comparable with the U.S. data.
Sources:
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey; and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.
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