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Index number of all commodities, by group, 1890 to 1916

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Index number of all commodities, by group, 1890 to 1916
  1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916
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Grains and fodder 148.3 149.9 140.7 148.4 167.3 136.8 156.5 186.9 105.2
Animals and meats 129.6 148.6 163.6 146.6 160.8 180.8 192.3 187.2 217.7
Dairy produce 136.3 133.6 135.7 136.2 159.0 154.7 154.4 161.4 183.5
Fish 120.5 134.0 145.1 143.6 155.7 158.0 156.0 149.7 184.8
Other foods 110.3 107.6 111.3 118.7 126.0 117.4 118.8 125.5 156.2
Textiles 111.0 108.3 114.6 119.2 120.7 130.8 133.5 149.2 193.4
Hides, leather, boots 120.0 135.4 135.4 139.6 152.4 163.9 171.8 180.5 231.6
Metals and implements                  
Metals 106.3 101.9 97.6 108.3 117.4 119.1 113.9 152.4 198.9
Implements 104.2 102.4 104.5 104.5 104.5 105.6 106.8 112.1 179.6
Fuel and lighting 102.2 103.8 103.0 100.5 113.3 118.2 110.9 108.8 132.6
Building material                  
Lumber 162.6 154.6 158.5 165.4 166.5 181.3 182.1 175.7 182.1
Miscellaneous 107.5 105.7 109.2 102.6 105.4 112.7 111.4 115.9 154.9
Paints, oil, glass 136.8 135.2 145.5 154.5 148.6 144.8 140.7 157.1 200.5
House furnishings 112.8 110.4 110.6 110.4 114.5 126.2 129.5 136.5 157.1
Drugs and chemicals 107.1 103.9 109.5 112.1 115.5 113.3 121.6 181.3 252.2
Miscellaneous                  
Furs 231.8 227.2 234.5 252.9 297.3 307.9 205.4 161.9 299.8
Liquors, tabaccos 118.0 117.5 132.9 151.2 155.2 134.7 136.9 135.6 142.4
Sundry 117.6 121.6 118.0 110.3 104.3 113.1 108.5 116.6 143.0
All commodities 120.8 121.2 124.2 127.4 134.4 135.5 136.1 148.0 182.0
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.