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Wage to earners in manufacturing, working specified numbers of hours per week in the month of highest employment, 1938 to 1944

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Wage to earners in manufacturing, working specified numbers of hours per week in the month of highest employment, 1938 to 1944
  1938 1939 1941 1942 1943 1944
  Total wage-earners
  number
Hours worked per week            
30 or less 24,073 19,849 36,064 48,714 74,406 87,817
31 to 43 99,125 85,597 77,461 98,200 128,755 151,280
44 83,763 81,128 85,040 88,049 88,964 112,840
45 to 47 66,268 64,031 69,844 80,613 100,861 108,585
48 121,625 130,506 190,437 244,899 248,083 245,024
49 to 50 62,294 65,822 92,931 105,434 115,606 116,473
51 to 54 39,596 46,165 120,645 147,229 151,231 128,580
55 20,575 24,316 55,701 63,702 62,701 51,965
56 to 64 60,755 61,067 187,184 193,297 176,730 140,295
65 or over 8,755 8,478 63,913 73,590 60,665 46,046
Total, wage to earners 586,839 586,959 979,220 1,143,727 1,208,002 1,188,905
Average hours per week 46.7 47.2 50.6 50.2 48.8 47.5
  Males
  number
Hours worked per week            
30 or less 15,439 12,868 23,635 30,166 39,985 45,414
31 to 43 75,842 64,780 50,969 59,146 68,530 83,293
44 59,983 57,667 60,062 58,342 53,563 76,141
45 to 47 47,877 45,703 43,554 47,403 62,701 67 306
48 97,287 103,636 149,612 182,783 185,913 182,798
49 to 50 45,981 48,378 63,541 70,870 75,975 80,878
51 to 54 33,744 37,439 90,044 106,657 114,739 100,621
55 16,493 19,766 43,431 48,996 49,194 42,214
56 to 64 56,171 56,837 165,242 171,775 158,657 128,751
65 or over 8,224 8,036 59,250 67,776 56,837 42,618
Total, wage to earners 457,041 455,110 749,340 843,914 866,091 850,034
Average hours per week 47.3 48.1 51.5 51.3 50.4 49.1
  Females
  number
Hours worked per week            
30 or less 8,634 6,981 12,429 18,548 34,421 42,403
31 to 43 23,283 20,817 26,492 39,054 60,225 67,987
44 23,780 23,461 24,978 29,707 35,401 36,699
45 to 47 18,391 18,328 26,290 33,210 38,160 41,279
48 24,338 26,870 40,825 62,116 62,170 62,226
49 to 50 16,313 17,444 29,390 34,564 39,631 35,595
51 to 54 5,852 8,726 30,601 40,572 36,492 27,959
55 4,082 4,550 12,270 14,706 13,507 9,751
56 to 64 4,584 4,230 21,942 21,522 18,073 11,544
65 or over 531 442 4,663 5,814 3,828 3,428
Total, wage to earners 129,788 131,849 229,880 299,813 341,908 338,871
Average hours per week 44.6 45 .2 47.6 46.9 44.8 43.6
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.