Chart 4
Number of payroll employees in wholesale and retail trade, Canada, 1961 to 2016

thousands 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Note(s):
Data covering the period 1961 to 1982 use annual averages of monthly estimates unadjusted for seasonality. Data from 1983 to 2000 use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980, while data from 2001 to 2016 use the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 281-0015 (data from 1961 to 1982), 281-0005 (data from 1983 to 2000), and 281-0024 (data from 2001 to 2016).

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Number of payroll employees in wholesale and retail trade, Canada, 1961 to 2016
  thousands
1961 757.82
1962 791.08
1963 821.26
1964 854.03
1965 898.38
1966 943.61
1967 968.47
1968 1,002.36
1969 1,057.20
1970 1,080.75
1971 1,114.28
1972 1,185.51
1973 1,262.41
1974 1,347.23
1975 1,380.86
1976 1,400.96
1977 1,413.48
1978 1,467.28
1979 1,515.80
1980 1,555.65
1981 1,629.00
1982 1,575.75
1983 1,665.85
1984 1,736.72
1985 1,799.46
1986 1,850.26
1987 1,935.94
1988 1,990.34
1989 2,053.72
1990 2,155.51
1991 2,005.77
1992 1,934.51
1993 1,952.10
1994 1,960.87
1995 2,034.01
1996 2,047.81
1997 2,124.36
1998 2,153.64
1999 2,201.34
2000 2,273.76
2001 2,261.91
2002 2,321.83
2003 2,395.50
2004 2,422.99
2005 2,458.35
2006 2,518.48
2007 2,605.27
2008 2,666.17
2009 2,609.98
2010 2,600.80
2011 2,615.47
2012 2,644.55
2013 2,681.10
2014 2,716.49
2015 2,726.50
2016 2,732.10
Note(s):
Data covering the period 1961 to 1982 use annual averages of monthly estimates unadjusted for seasonality. Data from 1983 to 2000 use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 1980, while data from 2001 to 2016 use the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 281-0015 (data from 1961 to 1982), 281-0005 (data from 1983 to 2000), and 281-0024 (data from 2001 to 2016).
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