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Wage-earners employed in the manufacturing industries of Canada, by months and sex, significant years, 1922 to 1944

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Wage-earners employed in the manufacturing industries of Canada, by months and sex, significant years, 1922 to 1944
	Total wage-earners
	1922	1929	1933	1939
	number
January	324,257	502,644	340,027	490,337
February	336,729	519,423	347,777	496,160
March	349,110	536,866	355,888	503,475
April	360,248	555,711	358,759	509,739
May	382,504	574,905	377,659	530,864
June	393,935	575,693	392,196	531,245
July	391,186	573,554	393,464	529,575
August	389,511	567,022	402,249	543,605
September	392,423	564,796	410,954	562,355
October	385,262	553,338	405,757	568,564
November	378,992	527,213	396,384	563,117
December	367,724	499,893	380,612	544,817
	Males
January	243,682	397,459	257,445	381,997
February	253,178	410,865	260,728	385,955
March	263,849	426,713	267,259	391,623
April	274,821	443,560	271,348	398,982
May	294,095	459,783	285,705	416,963
June	304,395	460,294	296,937	417,975
July	304,020	459,051	300,329	417,987
August	301,234	449,721	302,969	421,895
September	298,918	441,510	304,908	431,509
October	291,973	432,576	301,315	437,220
November	286,511	412,114	294,945	432,920
December	277,854	391,903	285,690	422,538
	Females
January	80,575	105,185	82,582	108,340
February	83,551	108,558	87,049	110,205
March	85,261	110,153	88,629	111,852
April	85,427	112,142	87,411	110,757
May	88,409	115,122	91,954	113,901
June	89,540	115,399	95,259	113,270
July	87,166	114,503	93,135	111,588
August	88,277	117,301	99,280	121,710
September	93,505	123,286	106,046	130,846
October	93,289	120,762	104,442	131,344
November	92,481	115,099	101,439	130,197
December	89,870	107,990	94,922	122,279
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.