Table 13
Unemployment rates, by age, 1976 to 2006

	Labour force participants aged
	15 to 24		25 to 44		45 to 64		Total1
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	percentage
1976	11.6	13.0	7.4	4.7	5.0	3.8	8.2	6.4
1977	13.0	14.5	8.0	5.4	6.1	4.6	9.2	7.4
1978	13.3	14.6	8.6	5.7	6.3	5.1	9.5	7.6
1979	12.4	12.9	7.7	5.1	5.6	4.4	8.7	6.8
1980	12.2	13.4	7.0	5.4	5.8	4.3	8.3	7.0
1981	11.7	13.7	7.5	5.5	5.2	4.4	8.3	7.2
1982	15.5	20.7	9.6	9.4	7.1	7.0	10.7	11.2
1983	16.4	21.8	10.5	10.7	8.1	8.0	11.6	12.3
1984	15.4	19.1	10.6	10.1	8.2	7.8	11.3	11.4
1985	14.3	17.6	10.2	9.4	7.8	7.7	10.7	10.6
1986	13.3	16.2	9.3	8.5	7.5	6.6	9.9	9.6
1987	12.0	14.3	8.7	7.6	7.6	6.2	9.2	8.5
1988	10.5	12.4	7.9	6.7	6.6	5.5	8.2	7.4
1989	9.6	12.2	7.9	6.7	5.9	5.5	7.8	7.4
1990	11.0	13.5	7.9	7.6	6.2	5.9	8.1	8.2
1991	12.9	18.5	9.3	10.2	8.0	7.5	9.7	10.8
1992	14.5	19.7	9.6	11.5	8.2	8.6	10.2	12.0
1993	14.4	19.7	10.3	11.3	9.0	9.0	10.7	11.9
1994	13.7	17.9	9.5	10.2	7.9	8.5	9.8	10.9
1995	13.2	16.3	8.7	9.2	7.4	7.6	9.1	9.8
1996	13.8	16.9	8.9	9.4	7.5	7.5	9.3	9.9
1997	15.3	17.1	8.1	8.5	6.8	6.9	8.9	9.3
1998	13.6	16.6	7.3	7.5	6.2	6.5	8.0	8.5
1999	12.7	15.3	6.7	6.9	5.5	5.9	7.3	7.8
2000	11.4	13.8	6.0	6.0	5.3	5.2	6.7	6.9
2001	11.1	14.5	6.3	6.7	5.4	5.6	6.9	7.5
2002	11.7	15.3	6.7	7.2	5.5	6.1	7.1	8.1
2003	11.8	15.3	6.8	6.9	5.5	6.2	7.2	7.9
2004	11.7	14.9	6.4	6.6	5.2	5.5	6.9	7.5
2005	10.6	14.2	6.0	6.1	5.2	5.3	6.5	7.0
2006	10.4	12.8	5.6	5.7	4.7	5.0	6.1	6.5
1. Includes those aged 65 and over.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.