FIGURE 21

Percentage of Canadian Workforce Engaged in Each Area of
the Workforce, 1931 - 1985

Source: Connelly, P. Last Hired, First Fired, 1978 and Statistics Canada, The Labor Force (Monthly), Cat. #71-001

FIGURE 22 shows women's representation in the major occupational categories as defined by Statistics Canada:

• Blue Collar - all primary and secondary industries (farming, mining), processing raw materials (including food), fabricating materials into consumable goods (textiles, chemicals, metal, clay) repairing, construction and crafts (tool and die making).
  
  
• Managerial and Administrative - including public and private sector management, but not including supervisory levels (Tertiary).
  
  
• Services - food, beverage preparation, personal care, child care, cleaning, laundering (Tertiary).
  
  
• Clerical - cashiers, tellers, bookkeepers, office machine operators, material recording, stenographers, secretaries, librarians, clerks, electronic data processing equipment operators (Tertiary).
  
  
• Professional - sciences, engineering, teaching, medicine and health, law, social sciences (Tertiary).
  
  
• Sales - (Tertiary).