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Table 6
Self-employment in the trades
| Self-employed | Self-employed without employees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1997 | 2007 | 1987 | 1997 | 2007 | |
| % | ||||||
| Total | 13.6(*) | 17.2(*) | 16.3 | 52.9*(*) | 63.3*(*) | 66.5* |
| Non-trades | 14.1(*) | 17.5(*) | 16.4 | 51.1(*) | 61.9(*) | 64.7 |
| Trades | 9.2*(*) | 14.0* | 14.5* | 81.9*(*) | 83.8*(*) | 91.9* |
| Plumbers | 7.0E*(*) | 16.9 | 12.1* | 90.4* | 79.1* | 88.0* |
| Carpenters | 20.2*(*) | 35.8*(*) | 25.3* | 74.9*(*) | 88.2*(*) | 93.7* |
| Masons | 20.6*(*) | 34.3* | 31.6* | 78.3*(*) | 83.2*(*) | 92.4* |
| Other construction trades | 28.1*(*) | 36.2* | 39.2* | 97.2*(*) | 85.3*(*) | 92.6* |
| Electricians | 3.1E*(*) | 5.6* | 6.8* | 83.2* | 80.5* | 90.2* |
| Machinists | 2.9E*(*) | 3.0*(*) | 7.4* | 72.2* | 78.9* | 87.2* |
| Mechanics | 6.8*(*) | 9.6* | 10.0* | 81.3*(*) | 81.1*(*) | 92.2* |
| Crane operators | F | F | F | F | F | F |
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* 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. |
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