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Total number of wage earners and average yearly earnings, census years 1911 and 1921, in cities of 30,000 population and over
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| Males | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 1921 | |||
| Wage earners | Average yearly earnings | Wage earners | Average yearly earnings | |
| number | $ | number | $ | |
| Halifax | 10,549 | 518.94 | 13,905 | 1,081.58 |
| Saint John | 9,952 | 520.13 | 11,135 | 970.77 |
| Québec | 15,659 | 584.42 | 19,911 | 1,036.42 |
| Montréal | 111,249 | 667.48 | 147,424 | 1,093.65 |
| Ottawa | 19,491 | 736.66 | 24,915 | 1,351.37 |
| Toronto | 99,299 | 687.64 | 131,991 | 1,261.90 |
| Hamilton | 23,559 | 618.91 | 31,374 | 1,149.78 |
| London | 11,328 | 613.62 | 15,000 | 1,216.51 |
| Windsor | * | * | 10,753 | 1,365.32 |
| Winnipeg | 35,405 | 855.31 | 46,223 | 1,374.22 |
| Regina | 8,735 | 822.30 | 8,772 | 1,438.61 |
| Edmonton | 5,446 | 854.65 | 13,050 | 1,311.04 |
| Calgary | 9,927 | 850.92 | 15,778 | 1,348.89 |
| Vancouver | 34,168 | 785.86 | 33,287 | 1,094.69 |
| Victoria | 9,929 | 739.14 | 10,213 | 1,024.79 |
| * Statistics for Windsor are not available, since its population in 1911 was less than 20,000, which was then the minimum. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928. | ||||
