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Membership of trade unions in Canada, 1913 to 1945

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Membership of trade unions in Canada, 1913 to 1945
  Members       Members       Members
  number   number   number
1913 175,799 1924 260,643 1935 280,648
1914 166,163 1925 271,064 1936 322,746
1915 143,343 1926 274,604 1937 383,492
1916 160,407 1927 290,282 1938 381,645
1917 204,630 1928 300,602 1939 358,967
1918 248,887 1929 319,476 1940 362,223
1919 378,047 1930 322,449 1941 461,681
1920 373,842 1931 310,544 1942 578,380
1921 313,320 1932 283,096 1943 664 533
1922 276,621 1933 285,720 1944 724,188
1923 278,092 1934 281,274 1945 711,117
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.