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Summary of principal statistics of the mineral industries of Canada, by groups, 1929 to 1935, and by provinces, 1935

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Summary of principal statistics of the mineral industries of Canada, by groups, 1929 to 1935, and by provinces, 1935
  Plants or mines Capital employed Employees Salaries and wages Fuel and electricity for heat and power1 Net sales3
  number $ number $
Metallic minerals            
1929 528 427,498,173 31,125 50,279,511 11,221,987 163,050,366
1930 352 427,439,265 30,623 48,851,303 11,323,313 137,015,892
1931 327 390,908,034 25,434 41,829,288 10,340,523 132,382,514
1932 330 269,180,464 21,931 34,983,704 8,551,463 119,790,072
1933 402 406,998,952 25,443 37,937,871 7,084,253 150,145,926
1934 636 465,583,818 34,143 50,818,448 9,144,600 186,785,532
1935 619 437,471,769 38,603 59,528,350 10,199,214 217,353,515
Non-metallic minerals            
1929 5,494 317,302,496 40,080 55,602,313 6,033,773 93,596,188
1930 5,191 328,776,596 38,355 47,852,675 5,785,483 80,063,355
1931 5,374 325,168,359 34,075 36,031,233 4,870,674 61,629,210
1932 5,246 302,294,837 31,654 29,918,319 4,497,602 54,389,856
1933 5,327 283,796,783 30,532 27,309,607 4,695,254 54,912,205
1934 5,605 263,120,280 32,195 31,763,492 5,219,565 60,580,554
1935 6,181 244,237,709 32,755 33,150,704 5,152,971 62,407,314
Clay products and other structural materials            
1929 3,126 122,220,364 23,897 18,608,687 9,495,825 58,534,834
1930 3,562 131,204,998 20,222 17,271,354 7,957,397 53,727,465
1931 3,877 125,983,627 13,300 14,108,778 6,298,151 44,158,295
1932 4,804 113,736,272 7,885 6,870,026 3,427,419 22,398,283
1933 5,144 109,496,612 7,359 4,784,327 2,245,397 16,696,687
1934 5,411 102,319,089 7,167 5,544,246 2,838,327 19,286,761
1935 6,098 95,790,621 8,898 7,401,505 3,004,647 23,215,400
Grand total, mineral industries            
1939 9,148 867,021,033 95,102 124,490,511 26,751,585 315,181,388
1930 9,105 887,420,859 89,200 113,975,332 25,066,193 270,806,712
1931 9,578 842,060,020 72,809 91,969,299 21,509,348 238,170,019
1933 10,380 685,211,573 61,470 71,772,049 16,476,484 196,578,211
1933 10,873 800,292,347 63,334 70,031,805 14,024,904 221,754,818
1934 11,652 831,023,187 73,505 88,126,186 17,202,492 266,652,847
1935 12,898 777,500,099 80,256 100,080,559 18,356,832 302,976,229
1935 Canada            
Metallic minerals - - - - - 173,588,8153
Non-metallic minerals - - - - - 45,739,1443
Clay products and other structural materials - - - - - 19,253,3093
Grand total, mineral industries - - - - - 238,581,2683
Nova Scotia 267 53,569,182 14,550 14,301,510 2,527,171 14,207,0643
New Brunswick 520 4,522,963 2,390 1,865,407 98,089 2,467,3393
Quebec 3,850 117,534,858 11,811 12,794,600 3,690,498 33,679,1503
Ontario 6,273 322,300,162 25,264 38,152,140 6,581,080 130,220,0513
Manitoba 119 40,944,700 2,346 3,403,649 492,234 9,040,5913
Saskatchewan 223 11,390,801 1,457 1,343,041 233,532 2,869,3513
Alberta 585 102,656,116 9,706 10,862,198 926,994 16,738,4723
British Columbia 1,048 118,291,187 12,352 16,479,606 3,731,131 28,172,6573
Yukon and Northwest Territories 13 6,290,130 380 878,408 76,103 1,186,5933
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1937.