Table 13
Unemployment rates of women and men, by age, 1976 to 2009
| Year | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | 15 and over | |||||
| percentage | ||||||||
| 1976 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 8.2 | 6.4 |
| 1981 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| 1986 | 13.2 | 16.0 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 9.5 |
| 1991 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.8 |
| 1996 | 13.8 | 16.9 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
| 2001 | 11.1 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 2002 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 10.6 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 2006 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 10.0 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 2008 | 10.0 | 13.1 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.6 |
| 2009 | 12.4 | 18.0 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 9.4 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||||
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