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Historical summary of statistics of manufactures, by provinces, 1870 to 1925, all establishments irrespective of the number of employees
  Canada Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Prince
Edward
Island
  number
1870            
Establishments 41,259 4,912 3,479 13,818 19,050 -
Employees 187,942 15,595 18,352 66,714 87,281 -
  $
Capital 77,964,020 6,041,966 5,976,176 28,071,868 37,874,010 -
Salaries and wages 40,851,009 3,176,266 3,869,360 12,389,673 21,415,710 -
Cost of materials 124,907,846 5,806,257 9,431,760 44,555,025 65,114,804 -
Net value of products 96,709,927 6,531,848 7,935,927 32,650,157 49,591,995 -
Gross value of products 221,617,773 12,338,105 17,367,687 77,205,182 114,706,799 -
  number
1880            
Establishments 49,722 5,493 3,005 15,754 23,070 1,617
Employees 254,935 20,390 19,922 85,673 118,308 5,767
  $
Capital 165,302,623 10,183,060 8,425,282 59,216,992 80,950,847 2,085,776
Salaries and wages 59,429,002 4,098,445 3,866,011 18,333,162 30,604,031 807,208
Cost of materials 179,918,593 10,022,030 11,060,842 62,563,967 91,164,156 1,829,210
Net value of products 129,757,475 8,553,296 7,451,816 42,098,291 66,825,714 1,570,998
Gross value of products 309,676,068 18,575,326 18,512,658 104,662,258 157,989,870 3,400,208
  number
1890            
Establishments 75,964 10,495 5,429 23,034 32,151 2,679
Employees 369,595 34,944 26,675 116,753 166,322 7,910
  $
Capital 353,213,000 19,730,736 15,821,855 116,974,615 175,972,021 2,911,963
Salaries and wages 100,415,350 7,233,111 5,970,914 30,461,315 49,730,359 1,101,620
Cost of materials 250,759,292 16,062,479 12,501,453 80,712,496 127,737,371 2,092,067
Net value of products 219,088,594 14,905,913 11,348,202 66,747,087 111,504,555 2,253,843
Gross value of products 469,847,886 30,968,392 23,849,655 147,459,583 239,241,926 4,345,910
  number
1921            
Establishments 23,235 1,208 867 7,173 9,328 339
Employees 456,076 14,521 12,441 146,763 228,943 893
  $
Capital 3,190,026,358 105,254,364 99,204,791 981,177,681 1,613,486,222 2,308,216
Salaries and wages 518,785,137 14,400,509 10,678,721 151,474,436 274,061,696 522,488
Cost of materials 1,366,893,685 41,099,835 32,151,631 390,119,293 704,814,433 2,516,415
Net value of products 1,209,143,344 36,384,726 23,193,562 361,964,897 625,170,507 1,356,940
Gross value of products 2,576,037,029 77,484,561 55,345,193 752,084,190 1,329,984,940 3,873,355
  number
1922            
Establishments 22,541 1,163 897 7,410 9,388 352
Employees 474,430 14,286 14,351 147,952 243,297 1,127
  $
Capital 3,244,302,410 106,647,616 82,230,895 970,019,442 1,696,738,996 2,946,329
Salaries and wages 510,431,312 12,192,652 12,201,014 144,368,667 275,559,006 628,540
Cost of materials 1,283,774,723 38,003,168 38,059,376 337,752,977 678,746,675 2,621,443
Net value of products 1,198,434,407 29,985,794 26,821,281 370,276,067 617,752,828 1,787,569
Gross value of products 2,482,209,130 67,988,962 64,880,657 708,029,044 1,296,499,503 4,409,012
  number
1923            
Establishments 22,642 1,193 872 7,142 9,549 368
Employees 525,267 17,179 16,221 163,622 262,770 2,745
  $
Capital 3,380,322,950 106,947,436 84,563,968 1,009,898,982 1,775,493,340 2,821,440
Salaries and wages 571,470,028 13,226,378 12,868,164 164,356,082 307,866,314 626,693
Cost of materials 1,470,140,139 50,103,942 40,181,251 396,714,471 779,943,613 2,766,092
Net value of products 1,311,025,375 31,880,906 29,932,755 414,388,925 671,939,695 1,696,729
Gross value of products 2,781,165,514 81,984,848 70,114,006 811,103,396 1,451,883,308 4,462,821
  number
1924            
Establishments 22,178 1,166 846 6,847 9,453 313
Employees 508,503 16,093 15,805 161,652 252,596 2,271
  $
Capital 3,538,813,460 108,535,273 88,357,818 1,044,113,969 1,836,269,551 2,637,844
Salaries and wages 559,884,045 11,553,900 12,812,718 162,379,284 296,508,913 548,496
Cost of materials 1,438,409,681 38,930,734 40,503,685 385,880,826 754,469,838 2,281,398
Net value of products 1,256,643,901 25,642,358 26,952,341 390,351,418 643,403,906 1,439,476
Gross value of products 2,695,053,582 64,573,092 67,456,026 776,232,244 1,397,873,744 3,720,874
  number
1925            
Establishments 22,331 1,184 861 6,995 9,386 318
Employees 544,225 16,568 17,275 168,245 262,483 2,317
  $
Capital 3,808,309,981 117,326,491 91,509,933 1,136,033,133 1,925,593,482 2,576,677
Salaries and wages 596,015,171 12,082,693 14,430,252 169,686,055 307,304,007 572,130
Cost of materials 1,587,665,408 37,854,196 44,886,292 412,460,003 828,939,668 2,805,665
Net value of products 1,360,879,907 27,179,505 28,488,368 408,103,754 698,214,992 1,484,484
Gross value of products 2,948,545,315 65,033,701 73,374,660 820,563,757 1,527,154,660 4,290,149
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.