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| 1976 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| percentage | ||||||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 27.7 | 57.5 | 35.8 | 52.3 | 40.8 | 51.3 | 38.5 | 46.1 | 44.6 | 51.0 | 48.3 | 52.7 |
| Prince Edward Island | 38.0 | 66.3 | 46.1 | 63.0 | 49.1 | 59.8 | 51.3 | 61.8 | 55.0 | 63.2 | 58.9 | 63.5 |
| Nova Scotia | 36.0 | 65.8 | 42.9 | 61.4 | 47.1 | 61.6 | 46.4 | 58.0 | 51.6 | 60.6 | 55.0 | 61.1 |
| New Brunswick | 34.0 | 62.2 | 41.3 | 58.0 | 44.8 | 58.1 | 46.7 | 57.0 | 51.1 | 59.2 | 55.1 | 61.3 |
| Quebec | 37.4 | 70.5 | 45.6 | 66.7 | 48.1 | 64.1 | 47.7 | 61.7 | 51.7 | 64.4 | 55.6 | 65.0 |
| Ontario | 45.8 | 75.3 | 54.3 | 73.9 | 55.6 | 68.7 | 53.6 | 66.1 | 57.6 | 68.6 | 59.0 | 68.1 |
| Manitoba | 44.5 | 73.8 | 52.5 | 70.6 | 54.6 | 68.1 | 54.7 | 68.7 | 58.1 | 70.9 | 60.7 | 71.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 41.1 | 75.1 | 51.7 | 71.0 | 54.6 | 69.6 | 54.2 | 68.1 | 55.7 | 68.2 | 60.6 | 71.3 |
| Alberta | 49.2 | 80.0 | 57.0 | 73.5 | 59.5 | 73.8 | 60.7 | 73.9 | 62.8 | 75.1 | 64.6 | 76.9 |
| British Columbia | 41.9 | 71.3 | 47.8 | 66.0 | 53.5 | 67.3 | 53.6 | 66.5 | 54.6 | 63.6 | 58.0 | 67.2 |
| Canada | 41.9 | 72.7 | 50.2 | 69.5 | 52.8 | 66.9 | 52.1 | 65.0 | 55.6 | 66.8 | 58.3 | 67.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||||||||