Chart 5
Unemployment rates in Canada and the United States, seasonally adjusted, January 2007 to June 2014

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The title of the graph is "Chart 5 Unemployment rates in Canada and the United States, seasonally adjusted, January 2007 to June 2014."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 90 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 12 with ticks every 2 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "Percent."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 2007 to 2014.
The title of series 1 is "Canada."
The minimum value is 5.1 occurring in May 2007, September 2007, October 2007 and August 2008.
The maximum value is 7.7 occurring in July 2009 and August 2009.
The title of series 2 is "United States."
The minimum value is 4.4 occurring in March 2007 and May 2007.
The maximum value is 10 occurring in October 2009.

Data table for Chart 5
  Canada United States
2007  
January 5.4 4.6
February 5.4 4.5
March 5.4 4.4
April 5.3 4.5
May 5.1 4.4
June 5.2 4.6
July 5.3 4.7
August 5.2 4.6
September 5.1 4.7
October 5.1 4.7
November 5.2 4.7
December 5.3 5.0
2008  
January 5.2 5.0
February 5.2 4.9
March 5.2 5.1
April 5.3 5.0
May 5.2 5.4
June 5.3 5.6
July 5.2 5.8
August 5.1 6.1
September 5.2 6.1
October 5.3 6.5
November 5.6 6.8
December 6.0 7.3
2009  
January 6.4 7.8
February 6.9 8.3
March 7.2 8.7
April 7.4 9.0
May 7.6 9.4
June 7.6 9.5
July 7.7 9.5
August 7.7 9.6
September 7.4 9.8
October 7.4 10.0
November 7.5 9.9
December 7.5 9.9
2010  
January 7.3 9.7
February 7.3 9.8
March 7.4 9.9
April 7.2 9.9
May 7.2 9.6
June 7.1 9.4
July 7.1 9.5
August 7.1 9.5
September 7.0 9.5
October 6.9 9.5
November 6.7 9.8
December 6.5 9.4
2011  
January 6.7 9.1
February 6.7 9.0
March 6.6 9.0
April 6.6 9.1
May 6.3 9.0
June 6.5 9.1
July 6.2 9.0
August 6.4 9.0
September 6.4 9.0
October 6.4 8.8
November 6.6 8.6
December 6.5 8.5
2012  
January 6.5 8.2
February 6.3 8.3
March 6.2 8.2
April 6.5 8.2
May 6.4 8.2
June 6.3 8.2
July 6.3 8.2
August 6.3 8.1
September 6.3 7.8
October 6.4 7.8
November 6.3 7.8
December 6.1 7.9
2013  
January 6.1 7.9
February 6.1 7.7
March 6.3 7.5
April 6.2 7.5
May 6.1 7.5
June 6.2 7.5
July 6.3 7.3
August 6.0 7.2
September 6.1 7.2
October 6.1 7.2
November 6.0 7.0
December 6.1 6.7
2014  
January 6.0 6.6
February 6.0 6.7
March 6.0 6.7
April 6.0 6.3
May 6.0 6.3
June 6.1 6.1
Note:
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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