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Statistics of industries, 1901

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Statistics of industries, 1901
  Establishments Wage earners Capital Wages for labour Cost of materials Value of products
  number $
By group 14,650 308,482 446,916,487 89,573,204 266,527,858 481,053,375
Food products 5,594 42,401 57,167,466 8,032,580 99,138,140 125,202,620
Textiles 1,684 59,324 60,606,555 15,326,107 34,915,254 67,724,839
Iron and steel products 517 24,766 40,861,164 9,846,247 14,816,891 34,878,402
Timber and lumber and their re-manufactures 3,034 75,704 89,959,336 18,966,763 39,087,761 80,341,204
Leather and its finished products 431 19,204 21,436,594 6,040,932 21,725,613 34,720,513
Paper and printing 592 15,413 26,822,420 5,689,244 7,323,854 20,653,028
Liquors and beverages 183 3,208 20,467,389 1,270,772 3,192,696 9,191,700
Chemicals and allied products 128 2,868 10,272,743 1,037,932 6,633,549 11,437,300
Clay, glass and stone products 855 10,765 8,697,716 2,771,142 997,754 7,318,582
Metals and metal products other than steel 363 9,358 20,382,505 3,888,724 7,716,902 19,561,261
Tobacco and its manufactures 160 6,329 7,247,540 1,931,416 3,724,745 11,802,112
Vehicles for land transportation 425 14,866 15,994,402 6,228,661 10,592,288 19,971,605
Vessels for water transportation 57 2,587 3,297,914 811,413 745,946 2,043,668
Miscellaneous industries 582 21,084 63,089,415 7,482,981 15,781,268 35,607,212
Hand trades 45 605 613,328 248,290 135,197 599,329
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.