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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".

Chart B
Percentage of the population 55 and over rose rapidly from the early 2000s
  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.