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Table 1
Employment, average age and ratio of entrants to near-retirees in trades

  Employed Average age Entrants / near-retirees
1987 1997 2007 1987 1997 2007 1987 1997 2007
'000 years ratio
Total 11,416 12,724 15,518 37.1(*) 39.3(*) 41.3* 1.7*(*) 1.3(*) 0.8*
Non-trades 10,431 11,756 14,371 37.2(*) 39.4 41.4 1.6(*) 1.3(*) 0.7
Trades 985 968 1,147 36.4*(*) 39.1*(*) 39.6* 2.0*(*) 1.5*(*) 1.0*
Plumbers 50 54 70 37.7 40.0(*) 37.2* 1.7 1.1(*) 1.6*
Carpenters 132 115 148 36.8(*) 38.8 38.8* 1.5(*) 1.5(*) 1.0*
Masons 51 39 62 36.2 39.0 37.7* 1.7E 1.6E 1.5*
Other construction trades 61 65 90 34.5*(*) 37.9* 38.5* 2.1(*) 1.7(*) 1.1*
Electricians 155 152 183 36.3*(*) 39.7 40.9 2.6*(*) 1.5(*) 0.8
Machinists 185 180 203 36.7(*) 38.4*(*) 39.4* 2.0*(*) 1.6*(*) 1.1*
Mechanics 331 346 373 36.2*(*) 39.1(*) 40.3* 2.1*(*) 1.4(*) 1.0*
Crane operators 21 17 17 37.5(*) 43.5* 42.0 2.4E(*) 0.5E* 0.6E
* significantly different from the non-trades at 0.05 level or less
(*) significantly different from 2007 at 0.05 level or less
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.