Chart 7 Employment rates of women and men aged 65 and over, Canada, 1976 to 2009

Year	Women	Men
	percentage
1976	4.2	15.0
1977	3.9	13.8
1978	3.9	13.5
1979	3.8	13.6
1980	3.8	13.0
1981	4.0	12.4
1982	3.9	12.4
1983	3.6	11.8
1984	3.8	11.5
1985	3.9	11.2
1986	3.3	10.8
1987	3.2	11.0
1988	3.5	10.5
1989	3.8	10.3
1990	3.5	10.6
1991	3.2	10.7
1992	3.2	10.1
1993	3.4	9.2
1994	3.2	10.2
1995	3.2	9.6
1996	3.2	9.4
1997	3.5	9.5
1998	3.4	10.0
1999	3.3	9.5
2000	3.2	9.3
2001	3.3	9.1
2002	3.7	10.0
2003	4.1	11.1
2004	4.3	11.4
2005	4.8	11.7
2006	5.0	11.5
2007	5.4	12.5
2008	6.6	13.8
2009	6.4	14.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, CANSIM table 282-0002.