Description for Chart 3.1
In the Atlantic region, the ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings has increased since the mid-2000s

The title of the graph is "Chart 3.1 In the Atlantic region, the ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings has increased since the mid-2000s."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 20 and ends at 60 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 4 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percentage."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1983 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "Newfoundland and Labrador."
The minimum value is 34.8 occurring in 2005.
The maximum value is 49.6 occurring in 2010.
The title of series 2 is "Prince Edward Island."
The minimum value is 42.4 occurring in 1996.
The maximum value is 55.3 occurring in 1986.
The title of series 3 is "Nova Scotia."
The minimum value is 39.4 occurring in 2001 and 2002.
The maximum value is 51.3 occurring in 2012 and 2013.
The title of series 4 is "New Brunswick."
The minimum value is 39.2 occurring in 2005.
The maximum value is 50.5 occurring in 2012.

Data table for chart 3.1
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick
1983 45.0 55.0 44.5 44.4
1984 42.3 53.1 42.8 42.2
1985 43.5 52.9 44.2 41.1
1986 42.6 55.3 42.3 40.3
1987 43.2 53.8 41.3 41.7
1988 43.9 51.8 40.3 41.0
1989 42.6 53.9 44.1 41.1
1990 41.9 51.5 41.8 42.7
1991 42.6 51.5 40.4 42.6
1992 42.8 50.9 42.8 42.7
1993 41.1 49.2 43.7 42.0
1994 39.9 49.2 44.6 42.7
1995 38.7 44.7 44.8 42.2
1996 37.6 42.4 44.3 43.7
1997 41.0 47.6 45.5 44.1
1998 40.2 47.9 43.1 43.1
1999 38.7 46.0 41.1 42.0
2000 37.9 47.1 40.8 42.5
2001 37.0 44.4 39.4 40.8
2002 37.3 44.3 39.4 40.4
2003 36.4 44.8 39.7 39.4
2004 35.3 44.5 41.0 40.4
2005 34.8 44.4 40.1 39.2
2006 36.8 45.9 42.9 40.3
2007 38.3 46.6 44.3 40.7
2008 41.3 47.6 45.8 42.8
2009 45.5 47.0 49.1 43.9
2010 49.6 49.3 49.7 46.3
2011 47.7 50.6 50.9 48.8
2012 45.9 53.5 51.3 50.5
2013 43.7 53.1 51.3 50.4
Note:
The average hourly earnings and the minimum wage are expressed in 2013 constant dollars, based on the consumer price indexes of each province. For each province, the average hourly earnings used for this ratio are based on the SEPH data on employees paid by the hour in the province.
Sources:
 Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH); Employment and Social Development Canada (for minimum hourly rates by year and by province). The ratios were calculated by dividing the minimum wage for each month and year by the average hourly earnings of the corresponding province.
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