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Numbers and percentages of the gainfully occupied males and females 10 years of age or over, by occupation groups, census years 1891 to 1931
| 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| Males | ||||||||||
| Agriculture | 723,013 | 51.2 | 707,997 | 45.4 | 917,848 | 38.9 | 1,023,661 | 38.2 | 1,107,766 | 34.0 |
| Fishing, logging | 42,597 | 3.0 | 43,910 | 2.8 | 77,205 | 3.3 | 67,809 | 2.5 | 91,403 | 2.8 |
| Mining | 15,410 | 1.1 | 37,132 | 2.4 | 62,404 | 2.7 | 48,091 | 1.8 | 58,585 | 1.8 |
| Manufacturing | 175,861 | 12.5 | 228,067 | 14.6 | 275,439 | 11.7 | 317,440 | 11.8 | 390,477 | 12.0 |
| Construction | 86,605 | 6.1 | 89,550 | 5.7 | 144,056 | 6.1 | 162,200 | 6.1 | 202,970 | 6.2 |
| Transportation | 60,326 | 4.2 | 81,572 | 5.2 | 143,382 | 6.1 | 186,034 | 6.9 | 275,590 | 8.5 |
| Trade | 78,030 | 5.5 | 87,287 | 5.6 | 193,004 | 8.2 | 218,794 | 8.2 | 259,799 | 8.0 |
| Finance | 3,100 | 0.2 | 5,258 | 0.3 | 18,565 | 0.8 | 26,812 | 1.0 | 36,252 | 1.1 |
| Service | 87,533 | 6.2 | 105,226 | 6.7 | 133,263 | 5.7 | 194,101 | 7.2 | 270,5731 | 8.3 |
| Professional | 34,442 | 2.4 | 43,524 | 2.8 | 58,098 | 2.5 | 78,073 | 2.9 | 103,7231 | 3.2 |
| Personal | 35,108 | 2.5 | 48,055 | 3.1 | 68,996 | 2.9 | 73,320 | 2.7 | 128,167 | 3.9 |
| Clerical | 21,029 | 1.5 | 43,048 | 2.8 | 78,386 | 3.3 | 127,325 | 4.8 | 141,1911 | 4.3 |
| Labourers3 | 115,546 | 8.2 | 127,967 | 8.2 | 315,261 | 13.4 | 305,243 | 11.4 | 425,408 | 13.0 |
| All occupations | 1,412,3862 | 100.0 | 1,560,2602 | 100.0 | 9,358,813 | 100.0 | 2,683,0192 | 100.0 | 3,261,3712 | 100.0 |
| 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | ||||||
| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| Females | ||||||||||
| Agriculture | 12,194 | 6.0 | 8,940 | 3.7 | 15,887 | 4.4 | 17,883 | 3.7 | 24,079 | 3.6 |
| Fishing, logging | 204 | 0.1 | 30 | * | 265 | 0.1 | 51 | * | 497 | 0.1 |
| Mining | nil | nil | 13 | * | 13 | * | 58 | * | 6 | * |
| Manufacturing | 62,111 | 30.6 | 70,616 | 29.6 | 96,785 | 26.4 | 89,813 | 18.3 | 84,660 | 12.7 |
| Construction | 89 | * | 65 | * | 47 | * | 91 | * | 96 | * |
| Transportation | 1,089 | 0.5 | 1,323 | 0.6 | 5,556 | 1.5 | 15,048 | 3.1 | 25,435 | 3.8 |
| Trade | 6,930 | 3.4 | 7,766 | 3.3 | 28,535 | 7.8 | 47,413 | 9.7 | 54,113 | 8.1 |
| Finance | 4 | * | 18 | * | 116 | * | 314 | 0.1 | 571 | 0.1 |
| Service | 116,259 | 57.2 | 136,251 | 57.1 | 192,708 | 52.8 | 226,783 | 46.3 | 346,9001 | 52.1 |
| Professional | 25,092 | 12.4 | 34,841 | 14.6 | 55,255 | 15.2 | 92,754 | 18.9 | 117,2191 | 17.6 |
| Personal | 90,373 | 44.5 | 100,807 | 42.2 | 137,005 | 37.6 | 133,028 | 27.1 | 228,802 | 34.4 |
| Clerical | 3,092 | 1.5 | 12,538 | 5.3 | 24,673 | 6.8 | 90,612 | 18.5 | 117,4981 | 17.7 |
| Labourers3 | 1,052 | 0.5 | 1,141 | 0.5 | 236 | 0.1 | 441 | 0.1 | 11,707 | 1.8 |
| All occupations | 203,2222 | 100.0 | 238,7482 | 100.0 | 364,821 | 100.0 | 490,1502 | 100.0 | 665,8592 | 100.0 |
| * Less than one-twentieth of one per cent. | ||||||||||
| 1. The class "accountants and auditors," grouped with professional service in the 1931 classification, has been transferred to the clerical group in this table. This class consists of 17,052 males and 571 females. | ||||||||||
| 2. This total includes persons in unspecified occupations though these are not shown separately in the table. | ||||||||||
| 3. This group does not include agricultural, mining, fishing, or logging labourers. | ||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | ||||||||||
