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Description for Chart 1. Registered apprenticeship registrations, by major trade group, 1991 and 2007

  1991 2007
number
Building construction trades 46,925 80,208
Electrical, electronic and related trades 37,038 59,944
Food and service trades 11,045 32,102
Industrial and related mechanical trades 15,970 24,128
Metal fabricating trades 39,982 76,688
Motor vehicle and heavy equipment trades 39,248 69,875
Other trades 2,738 15,613
Source: Statistics Canada, Registered Apprenticeship Information System.