Description for figure 2.1
Low-income rates and unemployment rate, Canada, 1976 to 2009
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This is a line chart.
The left vertical axis is "Percentage".
The left vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 18 with ticks every 2 points.
The right vertical axis is "Unemployment Percentage".
The right vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 24 with ticks every 6 points.
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1976 to 2009.
There are 4 series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is "LICO".
The title of series 2 is "LIM".
The title of series 3 is "MBM".
The title of series 4 is "Unemployment rate".
| LICO | LIM | MBM | Unemployment rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | ||||
| 1976 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.2 | |
| 1977 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 8.1 | |
| 1978 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 8.5 | |
| 1979 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 7.6 | |
| 1980 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 7.6 | |
| 1981 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 7.7 | |
| 1982 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 11.2 | |
| 1983 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 12.2 | |
| 1984 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 11.5 | |
| 1985 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 10.6 | |
| 1986 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 9.7 | |
| 1987 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 8.9 | |
| 1988 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 7.8 | |
| 1989 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 7.6 | |
| 1990 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 8.2 | |
| 1991 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 10.4 | |
| 1992 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 11.3 | |
| 1993 | 14.3 | 12.1 | 11.5 | |
| 1994 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 10.5 | |
| 1995 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 9.6 | |
| 1996 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 9.7 | |
| 1997 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 9.2 | |
| 1998 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 8.4 | |
| 1999 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 7.6 | |
| 2000 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 7.3 |
| 2002 | 11.6 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 7.7 |
| 2003 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 7.7 |
| 2004 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 10.6 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 10.8 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 6.8 |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 10.0 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 9.4 | 13.3 | 9.5 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 8.4 |
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Note: Low income rates are calculated using three low income thresholds: the Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO), the Low Income Measure (LIM) and the Market Basket Measure (MBM). The unemployment rate is from the CANSIM table. Source: Survey of Consumer Finances (1976 to 1995), Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (1996 to 2009) and Labour Force Survey (CANSIM Table 282-0002), Statistics Canada. |
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