Description for chart B
Percentage of the population 55 and over rose rapidly from the early 2000s
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This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 70 with ticks every 10 points.
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1976 to 2010.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is "15 to 24".
The title of series 2 is "25 to 54".
The title of series 3 is "55 or over".
15 to 24 | 25 to 54 | 55 or over | |
---|---|---|---|
% | |||
1976 | 26.7 | 51.1 | 22.2 |
1977 | 26.5 | 51.1 | 22.4 |
1978 | 26.3 | 51.2 | 22.6 |
1979 | 26.0 | 51.3 | 22.7 |
1980 | 25.7 | 51.5 | 22.9 |
1981 | 25.2 | 51.7 | 23.1 |
1982 | 24.5 | 52.2 | 23.3 |
1983 | 23.8 | 52.7 | 23.5 |
1984 | 23.0 | 53.2 | 23.7 |
1985 | 22.3 | 53.7 | 24.0 |
1986 | 21.6 | 54.2 | 24.2 |
1987 | 20.7 | 54.9 | 24.4 |
1988 | 19.9 | 55.5 | 24.6 |
1989 | 19.1 | 56.2 | 24.7 |
1990 | 18.5 | 56.7 | 24.8 |
1991 | 18.1 | 57.0 | 24.9 |
1992 | 17.8 | 57.2 | 25.0 |
1993 | 17.6 | 57.4 | 25.0 |
1994 | 17.4 | 57.5 | 25.1 |
1995 | 17.2 | 57.6 | 25.2 |
1996 | 17.1 | 57.6 | 25.3 |
1997 | 17.0 | 57.5 | 25.5 |
1998 | 16.9 | 57.3 | 25.8 |
1999 | 16.9 | 57.1 | 26.0 |
2000 | 16.9 | 56.8 | 26.3 |
2001 | 16.9 | 56.5 | 26.6 |
2002 | 16.8 | 56.0 | 27.2 |
2003 | 16.7 | 55.5 | 27.8 |
2004 | 16.7 | 55.0 | 28.3 |
2005 | 16.7 | 54.5 | 28.8 |
2006 | 16.7 | 54.0 | 29.3 |
2007 | 16.6 | 53.6 | 29.8 |
2008 | 16.5 | 53.2 | 30.3 |
2009 | 16.3 | 52.8 | 30.9 |
2010 | 16.1 | 52.4 | 31.5 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 1976 to 2010. |
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