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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 13
Unemployment rates, by age, 1976 to 2006
  Labour force participants aged
15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 Total1
Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men
percentage
1976 11.6 13.0 7.4 4.7 5.0 3.8 8.2 6.4
1977 13.0 14.5 8.0 5.4 6.1 4.6 9.2 7.4
1978 13.3 14.6 8.6 5.7 6.3 5.1 9.5 7.6
1979 12.4 12.9 7.7 5.1 5.6 4.4 8.7 6.8
1980 12.2 13.4 7.0 5.4 5.8 4.3 8.3 7.0
1981 11.7 13.7 7.5 5.5 5.2 4.4 8.3 7.2
1982 15.5 20.7 9.6 9.4 7.1 7.0 10.7 11.2
1983 16.4 21.8 10.5 10.7 8.1 8.0 11.6 12.3
1984 15.4 19.1 10.6 10.1 8.2 7.8 11.3 11.4
1985 14.3 17.6 10.2 9.4 7.8 7.7 10.7 10.6
1986 13.3 16.2 9.3 8.5 7.5 6.6 9.9 9.6
1987 12.0 14.3 8.7 7.6 7.6 6.2 9.2 8.5
1988 10.5 12.4 7.9 6.7 6.6 5.5 8.2 7.4
1989 9.6 12.2 7.9 6.7 5.9 5.5 7.8 7.4
1990 11.0 13.5 7.9 7.6 6.2 5.9 8.1 8.2
1991 12.9 18.5 9.3 10.2 8.0 7.5 9.7 10.8
1992 14.5 19.7 9.6 11.5 8.2 8.6 10.2 12.0
1993 14.4 19.7 10.3 11.3 9.0 9.0 10.7 11.9
1994 13.7 17.9 9.5 10.2 7.9 8.5 9.8 10.9
1995 13.2 16.3 8.7 9.2 7.4 7.6 9.1 9.8
1996 13.8 16.9 8.9 9.4 7.5 7.5 9.3 9.9
1997 15.3 17.1 8.1 8.5 6.8 6.9 8.9 9.3
1998 13.6 16.6 7.3 7.5 6.2 6.5 8.0 8.5
1999 12.7 15.3 6.7 6.9 5.5 5.9 7.3 7.8
2000 11.4 13.8 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.2 6.7 6.9
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
1. Includes those aged 65 and over.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.