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Estimates of the civilian labour force and its main components, annual averages, 1946 and 1956 to 1965

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Estimates of the civilian labour force and its main components, annual averages, 1946 and 1956 to 1965
  1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
  thousands
Civilian population (14 years of age or over) 12,053 12,280 12,536 12,817 13,128
Employed          
Non-agriculture          
  Paid workers 4,799 4,980 5,138 5,368 5,655
  Other 575 585 588 611 613
  Total 5,374 5,565 5,726 5,979 6,268
Agriculture 681 660 649 630 594
Total, employed 6,055 6,225 6,375 6,609 6,862
Unemployed 466 390 374 324 280
Total labour force 6,521 6,615 6,748 6,933 7,141
People not in the the labor force (14 years of age or older) 5,531 5,665 5,787 5,884 5,986
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1967.