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Unionization rate, Canada, 1921 to 2016

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% 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1921 1929 1937 1945 1953 1961 1969 1977 1985 1993 2001 2009
Note(s):
Concepts related to unionization have changed over time. Refer to sources for more information. The estimate for 1950 was imputed as an average of 1949 and 1951.
Source(s):
Table E175-177 in Historical Statistics of Canada (11-516-X) (data from 1921 to 1975), CANSIM table 279-0025 (data from 1976 to 1980), "Unionization rates falling" in Canadian Megatrends (11-630-X) (data from 1981 to 1996) and CANSIM table 282-0220 (data from 1997 to 2016).

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Unionization rate, Canada, 1921 to 2016
  %
1921 16.0
1922 13.6
1923 13.2
1924 12.2
1925 12.3
1926 12.0
1927 12.1
1928 12.1
1929 12.6
1930 13.1
1931 15.3
1932 15.3
1933 16.7
1934 14.6
1935 14.5
1936 16.2
1937 18.2
1938 18.4
1939 17.3
1940 16.3
1941 18.0
1942 20.6
1943 22.7
1944 24.3
1945 24.2
1946 27.9
1947 29.1
1948 30.3
1949 29.5
1950 29.0
1951 28.4
1952 30.2
1953 33.0
1954 33.8
1955 33.7
1956 33.3
1957 32.4
1958 34.2
1959 33.3
1960 32.3
1961 31.6
1962 30.2
1963 29.8
1964 29.4
1965 29.7
1966 30.7
1967 32.3
1968 33.1
1969 32.5
1970 33.6
1971 33.6
1972 34.4
1973 36.3
1974 35.7
1975 36.8
1976 32.4
1977 32.6
1978 32.3
1979 32.5
1980 32.3
1981 37.6
1982 37.7
1983 37.8
1984 37.9
1985 37.0
1986 36.0
1987 34.6
1988 36.0
1989 35.9
1990 35.4
1991 34.9
1992 34.3
1993 33.7
1994 33.1
1995 32.5
1996 31.9
1997 30.9
1998 30.5
1999 29.9
2000 30.1
2001 30.2
2002 30.1
2003 30.1
2004 29.8
2005 29.8
2006 29.4
2007 29.3
2008 29.1
2009 29.4
2010 29.3
2011 29.0
2012 29.3
2013 29.2
2014 28.4
2015 28.6
2016 28.4
Note(s):
Concepts related to unionization have changed over time. Refer to sources for more information. The estimate for 1950 was imputed as an average of 1949 and 1951.
Source(s):
Table E175-177 in Historical Statistics of Canada (11-516-X) (data from 1921 to 1975), CANSIM table 279-0025 (data from 1976 to 1980), "Unionization rates falling" in Canadian Megatrends (11-630-X) (data from 1981 to 1996) and CANSIM table 282-0220 (data from 1997 to 2016).
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