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Index numbers of rates of wages for various classes of labour in Canada, 1913 to 1936

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Index numbers of rates of wages for various classes of labour in Canada, 1913 to 1936
  Building trades Metal trades Printing trades Electric railways Steam railways
  index (1913=100)
1913 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1914 100.8 100.5 102.4 101.0 101.4
1915 101.5 101.5 103.6 97.8 101.7
1916 102.4 106.9 105.8 102.2 105.9
1917 109.9 128.0 111.3 114.6 124.6
1918 125.9 155.2 123.7 142.9 158.0
1919 148.2 180.1 145.9 163.2 183.9
1920 180.9 209.4 184.0 194.2 221.0
1921 170.5 186.8 193.3 192.1 195.9
1922 162.5 173.7 192.3 184.4 184.4
1923 166.4 174.0 188.9 186.2 186.4
1924 169.7 175.5 191.9 186.4 186.4
1925 170.4 175.4 192.8 187.8 186.4
1926 172.1 177.4 193.3 188.4 186.4
1927 179.3 178.1 195.0 189.9 198.4
1928 185.6 180.1 198.3 194.1 198.4
1929 197.5 184.6 202.3 198.6 204.3
1930 203.2 186.6 203.3 199.4 204.3
1931 195.7 182.9 205.1 198.6 199.2
1932 178.2 174.7 194.2 191.1 183.9
1933 158.0 169.2 184.3 182.7 179.7
1934 154.8 168.0 183.5 182.4 173.7
1935 159.8 169.7 184.5 183.7 183.9
1936 160.8 170.1 185.2 185.5 183.9
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1937.