Description for Chart 3.2
Increase in the ratio between 2003 and 2010 in Ontario and stability in Quebec since 2001

The title of the graph is "Chart 3.2 Increase in the ratio between 2003 and 2010 in Ontario and stability in Quebec since 2001."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 20 and ends at 60 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percentage."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1983 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "Quebec."
The minimum value is 39.8 occurring in 1986.
The maximum value is 49.4 occurring in 1999.
The title of series 2 is "Ontario."
The minimum value is 37.5 occurring in 1983.
The maximum value is 49.1 occurring in 2010.

Data table for chart 3.2
  Quebec Ontario
1983 42.2 37.5
1984 41.4 39.4
1985 40.1 39.5
1986 39.8 38.9
1987 41.6 40.1
1988 41.7 40.3
1989 41.8 39.6
1990 42.0 40.1
1991 42.2 40.8
1992 41.9 43.6
1993 42.5 45.2
1994 43.2 46.8
1995 44.6 47.0
1996 46.4 45.7
1997 47.3 46.0
1998 48.5 44.6
1999 49.4 43.5
2000 48.2 42.6
2001 46.0 41.3
2002 45.4 40.7
2003 46.0 39.5
2004 45.2 39.9
2005 44.6 40.5
2006 45.1 41.4
2007 44.3 41.4
2008 45.0 43.2
2009 44.8 46.8
2010 46.9 49.1
2011 46.6 48.3
2012 46.6 47.6
2013 46.7 46.6
Note:
The average hourly earnings and the minimum wage are expressed in 2013 constant dollars, based on the consumer price indexes of each province. For each province, the average hourly earnings used for this ratio are based on the SEPH data on employees paid by the hour in the province.
Sources:
 Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH); Employment and Social Development Canada (for minimum hourly rates by year and by province). The ratios were calculated by dividing the minimum wage for each month and year by the average hourly earnings of the corresponding province.
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