FIGURES 23 and 24 highlight the growth of women's participation within occupations over the Decade. FIGURE 23 shows the number of additional women and men employed in selected categories while FIGURE 24 compares women's share of the growth of the categories to their share of the category in 1975. Where women's share of the growth is higher than their 1975 share, this indicates an increasing share of the occupational category.

From FIGURE 23 note:

• The largest growth of Jobs has occurred in the Managerial/Administrative and Sales and Service occupations. Lowest growth has been in Blue Collar and Clerical Areas. Since women account for 98% of the growth in the Clerical area, this was one of the highest areas of growth for them.

FIGURE 23

Growth in numbers of women and men employed in various
occupational categories, 1976 - 1985

Source: Derived from Statistics Canada, The Labor Force (Monthly), Cat. #71-001