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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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Total number of wage earners and average yearly earnings, census years 1911 and 1921, in cities of 30,000 population and over
  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
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.