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Numbers of gainfully occupied males and females 10 years of age or over, by occupation groups, for the provinces, 1931

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Numbers of gainfully occupied males and females 10 years of age or over, by occupation groups, for the provinces, 1931
	P.E.I.	N.S.	N.B.	Que.	Ont.
	number
Males
Agriculture	17,792	42,737	45,348	225,914	298,597
Fishing, logging	1,452	13,740	7,364	21,975	15,114
Mining, quarrying	8	14,947	947	6,128	14,848
Manufacturing	1,281	13,431	9,101	110,324	180,469
Construction	997	8,797	5,535	62,831	76,638
Transportation	1,290	14,228	8,826	67,046	103,966
Trade	1,380	9,733	7,254	69,146	97,277
Finance, insurance	114	941	717	9,242	14,545
Service	1,120	10,010	6,931	78,450	104,030
Clerical	382	3,397	2,989	38,522	47,179
Labourers¹	1,991	21,148	22,869	133,368	143,435
Unspecified	11	42	52	341	628
All occupations	27,818	153,151	117,933	823,287	1,096,726
Females
Agriculture	561	1,296	992	4,633	6,690
Fishing, logging	-	25	30	40	197
Mining, quarrying	-	-	-	1	1
Manufacturing	294	1,871	1,832	37,406	36,034
Construction	-	-	2	22	70
Transportation	109	1,006	798	6,602	11,326
Trade	347	2,651	1,897	14,104	21,964
Finance, insurance	-	17	11	102	280
Service	2,469	17,347	13,167	104,896	115,183
Clerical	448	3,406	3,050	27,755	54,115
Labourers¹	118	309	283	6,798	3,453
Unspecified	2	8	10	63	175
All occupations	4,348	27,936	22,072	202,422	249,488
1. This group does not include agricultural, mining, fishing, or logging Labourers.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1937.