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Employees in manufacturing industries, with volume of manufacturing production and comparative efficiency of production, 1931 to 1944
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| Percentages relative to 1935 to 1939 | Indexes of efficiency of production | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaried employees | Wage-earners | Total employees | Of Wage-earners | Of Total employees | Index number of volume of manufactured products | Per wage- earner | Per employee | |
| number | % | (1935 to 1939 = 100) | ||||||
| 1931 | 91,491 | 437,149 | 528,640 | 85.8 | 84.9 | 79.9 | 93.1 | 94.1 |
| 1932 | 87,050 | 381,783 | 468,833 | 74.9 | 75.3 | 67.6 | 90.3 | 89.8 |
| 1933 | 86,636 | 382,022 | 468,658 | 75.0 | 75.3 | 67.7 | 90.3 | 89.9 |
| 1934 | 92,095 | 427,717 | 519,812 | 83.9 | 83.5 | 79.6 | 94.9 | 95.3 |
| 1935 | 97,930 | 458,734 | 556,664 | 90.0 | 89.5 | 87.9 | 97.7 | 98.2 |
| 1936 | 104,417 | 489,942 | 594,359 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 96.2 | 100.1 | 100.7 |
| 1937 | 115,827 | 544,624 | 660,451 | 106.9 | 106.1 | 108.9 | 101.9 | 102.6 |
| 1938 | 120,589 | 521,427 | 642,016 | 102.3 | 103.2 | 100.8 | 98.5 | 97.7 |
| 1939 | 124,772 | 533,342 | 658,114 | 104.7 | 105.8 | 106.3 | 101.5 | 100.5 |
| 1940 | 135,760 | 626,484 | 762,244 | 122.9 | 122.5 | 125.2 | 101.9 | 102.2 |
| 1941 | 158,944 | 802,234 | 961,178 | 157.4 | 154.5 | 155.9 | 99.0 | 100.9 |
| 1942 | 177,187 | 974,904 | 1,152,091 | 191.3 | 185.1 | 179.9 | 94.0 | 97.2 |
| 1943 | 193,195 | 1,047,873 | 1,241,068 | 205.6 | 199.4 | 187.7 | 91.3 | 94.1 |
| 1944 | 192,558 | 1,030,324 | 1,222,882 | 202.2 | 196.5 | 180.8 | 89.4 | 92.0 |
| Note: Figures, with qualifications as to comparability, for 1917 to 1930 are published on p. 421 of the Canada Year Books, 1939. | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||||||
