Description for Chart 5
When the ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings increases, the proportion of minimum wage employees also tends to increase

The title of the graph is "Chart 5 When the ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings increases, the proportion of minimum wage employees also tends to increase."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 9 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 8 with ticks every 1 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 38 and ends at 44 with ticks every 1 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 2005 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "proportion of minimum wage employees (percentage)."
The vertical axis is "proportion of minimum wage employees (percentage)."
The minimum value is 4.3 occurring in 2005.
The maximum value is 7 occurring in 2010 and 2012.
The title of series 2 is "ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings (percentage)."
The vertical axis is "ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings (percentage)."
The minimum value is 38.6 occurring in 2005.
The maximum value is 42.6 occurring in 2012.

Data table for chart 5
  proportion of minimum wage employees (percentage) ratio of the minimum wage to the average hourly earnings (percentage)
2005 4.3 38.6
2006 4.4 38.9
2007 5.1 38.7
2008 5.2 39.5
2009 5.8 40.6
2010 7.0 41.9
2011 6.9 42.3
2012 7.0 42.6
2013 6.7 42.0
Sources:
 Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey; Employment and Social Development Canada (minimum hourly rates by year and by province), 2005 to 2013.
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