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 bar chart illustrates the proportions of the people working in Canada in five big businesses like manufacturing, services, agriculture/fishing, construction and energy from the
year
1850 to 2020.
Overall
, the service business had the highest
percentage
of workers compared to other businesses. Meanwhile, the manufacturing and agriculture sectors had a significant downfall in percentages
at the end
of
period
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. In the
year
1850, the service industry had a
percentage
of 33
of
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Canadian people working, but
this
increased and rose to 81% becoming the most preferred industry by the Canadian citizen in the
year
2020.
Although
the manufacturing sector had the highest
percentage
of employees in the beginning
period
with a proportion of 33, there was a marginal decline of 9% in the final
year
. The fishing and cultivation business showed 22% of Canadian citizens working in the
period
1850. In the final
year
, the proportion of people diminished rapidly hitting a percent of 1.
On the other hand
, construction workers demonstrated an upward trend from 5% to 8% in the final
year
. The Energy sector had the same
percentage
of employees working as the cultivation industry in the
year
2020
whereas
, it stood at 3% in the starting
period
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words year, percentage, period with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 5 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 3 times.

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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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