Band 7+: 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 proportion of Canadian workforce, indicated as percentage, across five different sectors in 1850 compared to 2020.

Overall, the number of people working in services depicted a dramatic increase throughout the seventy-year period, whereas the number of workers in manufacturing and agriculture/fishing indicated a sharp decrease over seventy years.

In detail, workers focusing on services industry rose significantly by 48%, from 33% in 1850 to 81% in 2020, making it the highest workforce number among the other four industries. Conversely, the trend in the manufacturing declined rapidly by 27%, from 36% in 1850 to 9% in 2020. A similar pattern was observed in people working in agriculture/fishing over seven decades, with the rates falling considerably from 22% to only 1%.

In construction category, the figures for workforce highlighted a slight increase by 3%, from 5% in 1850 to 8% in 2020. For energy/water category, the ratio of workforce also signified a minor reduction by 2%, from 3% to 1% over the same period.