The bar chart shows the percentages of the Canadian workforce in five major industries in 1850 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows the percentages of the Canadian workforce in five major industries in 1850 and 2020.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph illustrates data about comparison on how many labourers worked in several types of industry in Canada between 1850 and 2020.
Overall
, manufacturing, agriculture or fishing, and energy or water industries experienced a decrease in their workforce from 1850 to 2020.
Whereas
, the people who worked in the services and construction sectors surged between those time spans. The manufacturing industry's employees started at the highest level among others in 1850 at 36 per
cent
.
However
, its workforce dropped significantly to 9 per
cent
in 2020. In 1850, the number of people having jobs in the agriculture sector was 22 per
cent
of the total population before it
finally
plummeted to the level of 1 per
cent
in 2020. The energy sector had a more stable decrease in the number of employees which started at 3 per
cent
in 1850 and
then
declined slightly to 1 per
cent
. The services industry encountered a surge in its labour from 33 per
cent
in 1850 to 81 per
cent
in 2020.
While
,
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the construction sector had a slight increase since 1850 at the point of 5 per
cent
to 8 per
cent
in 2020.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • workforce composition
  • significant shift
  • increase/decrease in percentage
  • service industries
  • manufacturing
  • construction
  • noteworthy trends
  • tech industry
  • economic evolution
  • technological evolution
  • main features
  • comparisons
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