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Table 1 Employment by industry, senior versus prime-age workers

  Men Women
25 to 64 65 and over 25 to 64 65 and over
%
Primary goods 5.8 17.1 2.3 11.1
Manufacturing 17.7 8.3 8.4 5.2
Construction and utilities 12.0 8.6 2.2 2.3
Transport 6.6 5.5 2.1 1.8
Consumer services 25.6 28.8 28.8 36.4
Business services 16.9 20.6 18.3 17.7
Education 5.0 3.6 11.4 7.6
Health 3.9 4.7 19.9 14.8
Public administration 6.5 2.8 6.5 3.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.