| 1980 | 1990 | Column Percentages |
| Total | Row | Total | Row | Occupation % of Labor Force | Difference |
| Number | Females | % | Number | Females |
% | 1980 | 1990 | 1980-1990 |
| GROWTH - Female Employment increased at a faster rate than the Employment increased in the Occupation |
| Librarians, Archivists & Curators | 566 | 492 | 86.9% | 627 | 577 | 92.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Information Clerks | 2,184 | 1,840 | 84.2% | 2,559 | 2,304 | 90.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.2% |
| Health Assessment & Treating Occ. | 2,773 | 2,309 | 83.3% | 3,601 | 3,140 | 87.2% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Misc. Administrative Support Occ. | 5,025 | 4,199 | 83.6% | 5,116 | 4,442 | 86.8% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.2% |
| Personal Service Occ. | 3,576 | 2,903 | 81.2% | 5,323 | 4,589 | 86.2% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| Adjusters & Investigators | 567 | 357 | 63.0% | 1,177 | 871 | 74.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Teachers, Except Postsecondary | 9,834 | 6,612 | 67.2% | 11,110 | 7,882 | 70.9% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 0.9% |
| Sales Related Occ. | 36 | 21 | 58.3% | 137 | 83 | 60.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Writers, Artists, Entertainers & Athletes | 1,962 | 939 | 47.9% | 2,715 | 1,496 | 55.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| Cleaning & Building Service Occ. | 7,245 | 3,563 | 49.2% | 8,500 | 4,365 | 51.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 0.8% |
| Management Related Occ. | 4,476 | 1,678 | 37.5% | 5,442 | 2,686 | 49.4% | 1.9% | 2.5% | 0.6% |
| Mtl. Recording, Scheduling & Dist. | 2,399 | 1,000 | 41.7% | 2,788 | 1,284 | 46.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% |
| Mail & Message Distributing Occ. | 1,375 | 514 | 37.4% | 1,471 | 666 | 45.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Social, Recreation & Religious Workers | 1,270 | 500 | 39.4% | 2,098 | 946 | 45.1% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Sales Representative, Finance & Business | 3,000 | 1,187 | 39.6% | 3,110 | 1,315 | 42.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.2% |
| Teachers, Postsecondary | 1,615 | 614 | 38.0% | 1,805 | 755 | 41.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| Social Scientists & Urban Planners | 345 | 129 | 37.4% | 535 | 223 | 41.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Supervisors & Proprietors, Sales Occ | 3,394 | 979 | 28.8% | 6,310 | 2,201 | 34.9% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1.4% |
| Guards | 919 | 276 | 30.0% | 1,454 | 462 | 31.8% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Technologists & Technicians, ex. Health | 4,523 | 1,159 | 25.6% | 4,665 | 1,401 | 30.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 0.2% |
| Related Agricultural Occ. | 906 | 240 | 26.5% | 1,475 | 398 | 27.0% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Precision Production Occ. | 3,108 | 272 | 8.8% | 3,800 | 954 | 25.1% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.4% |
| Prod. Inspectors, Testers, Samplers | 509 | 112 | 22.0% | 512 | 121 | 23.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Farm Operators & Managers | 5,843 | 546 | 9.3% | 5,921 | 1,237 | 20.9% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| Lawyers & Judges | 900 | 92 | 10.2% | 1,138 | 195 | 17.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| Farm Occ. | 3,966 | 555 | 14.0% | 4,215 | 642 | 15.2% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.2% |
| Motor Vehicle Operators | 8,546 | 1,113 | 13.0% | 8,488 | 1,222 | 14.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 0.3% |
| Health Diagnosing Occ. | 960 | 113 | 11.8% | 1,261 | 160 | 12.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Forestry & Logging Occ. | 319 | 24 | 7.5% | 438 | 37 | 8.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Supervisors, Protective Service Occ. | 153 | 0 | 0.0% | 216 | 15 | 6.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Firefighting & Fire Prevention Occ. | 413 | 3 | 0.7% | 429 | 21 | 4.9% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| DEFAULT (Part A) - Female Employment decreased at a slower rate than the Employment in the Occupation decreased |
| Managerial Occ. | 21,834 | 6,693 | 30.7% | 16,464 | 6,281 | 38.1% | 9.1% | 7.5% | -1.7% |
| Mathematical & Computer Scientists | 1,890 | 284 | 15.0% | 310 | 97 | 31.3% | 0.8% | 0.1% | -0.7% |
| Extractive Occ. | 10,347 | 287 | 2.8% | 4,451 | 160 | 3.6% | 4.3% | 2.0% | -2.3% |
| Handlers, Equip. Cleaners & Laborers | 11,619 | 2,079 | 17.9% | 9,515 | 1,961 | 20.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | -0.6% |
| Sales Representative, Commodities | 2,089 | 248 | 11.9% | 1,435 | 178 | 12.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| Supervisors, Administrative Support | 1,407 | 690 | 49.0% | 1,144 | 625 | 54.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| Construction Trades | 15,262 | 329 | 2.2% | 9,687 | 324 | 3.3% | 6.4% | 1.1% | -5.3% |
| DEFAULT (Part B) - Female Employment increasing while Employment in the Occupation decreases |
| Engineers, Architects & Surveyors | 3,533 | 170 | 4.8% | 2,375 | 170 | 7.2% | 1.5% | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| Mtl. Moving Equipment Operators | 6,392 | 144 | 2.3% | 4,503 | 174 | 3.9% | 2.7% | 2.0% | -0.6% |
| Fabricators, Assemb. & Hand Working | 3,389 | 293 | 8.6% | 2,719 | 358 | 13.2% | 1.4% | 1.2% | -0.2% |
| TRADITIONAL - Female Employment increased at a slower rate than the Employment in the Occupation increased |
| Health Technologists & Technicians | 1,374 | 1,238 | 90.1% | 1,840 | 1,479 | 80.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| Sales Workers, Retail & Personal Svc. | 10,300 | 7,418 | 72.0% | 11,815 | 8,090 | 68.5% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 1.0% |
| Computer Equipment Operators | 526 | 392 | 74.5% | 846 | 612 | 72.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Private Household Occ. | 874 | 848 | 97.0% | 956 | 907 | 94.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Food Preparation & Service Occ. | 12,066 | 9,011 | 74.7% | 13,654 | 9,220 | 67.5% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 1.1% |
| Health Service Occ. | 2,609 | 2,367 | 90.7% | 3,522 | 3,088 | 87.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Experienced Unemployed Not Classified | 439 | 289 | 65.8% | 1,074 | 618 | 57.5% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| DEAD END - Female Employment decreased at a rate nearly the same or slower rate than the Employment in the Occupation decreases |
| Secretaries, Stenographers & Typists | 9,434 | 9,299 | 98.6% | 8,399 | 8,282 | 98.6% | 3.9% | 3.8% | -0.1% |
| Records Processing Occ. Ex. Finance | 1,409 | 1,185 | 84.1% | 1,123 | 943 | 84.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| Financial Records Processing Occ. | 6,668 | 6,240 | 93.6% | 5,113 | 4,822 | 94.3% | 2.8% | 2.3% | -0.5% |
| Communications Equipment Operators | 720 | 651 | 90.4% | 290 | 263 | 90.7% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| Duplicating, Mail & Office Machines | 131 | 119 | 90.8% | 47 | 29 | 61.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Fishers, Hunters & Trappers | 75 | 17 | 22.7% | 64 | 5 | 7.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Plant & System Operators | 1,633 | 785 | 48.1% | 1,559 | 107 | 6.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Mechanics & Repairers | 12,870 | 339 | 2.6% | 9,767 | 278 | 2.8% | 5.4% | 4.4% | -1.0% |
| Rail Transportation Occ. | 2,266 | 99 | 4.4% | 1,618 | 38 | 2.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| OPPORTUNITY - Female Employment decreased while Employment in the Occupation increased |
| Machine Ops. & Tenders, Ex. Precision | 4,651 | 1,494 | 32.1% | 4,516 | 1,423 | 31.5% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 0.1% |
| Police & Detectives | 1,209 | 154 | 12.7% | 1,686 | 202 | 12.0% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% |
| TOTAL | 239,000 | 89,147 | 37.3% | 220,980 | 98,023 | 44.4% | 95.6% | 94.4% | -1.2% |
