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Index numbers of wage rates for certain main groups of industries, 1921 to 1945

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Index numbers of wage rates for certain main groups of industries, 1921 to 1945
  Logging Coal Mining Metal mining Manufacturing Construction Water transportation
  number
1921 102.2 119.4 95.2 95.4 99.9 96.0
1922 79.6 113.4 88.0 89.2 95.3 86.7
1923 93.5 113.4 91.9 92.5 97.5 91.5
1924 105.9 110.3 92.0 93.2 99.4 90.2
1925 95.2 96.1 93.3 92.3 99.8 90.4
1926 95.5 96 0 93.2 92.8 100.9 90.2
1927 97.7 96.3 93.3 94.1 105.0 91.3
1928 99.0 96.8 93.2 94.8 108.7 91.9
1929 98.7 96.8 93.8 95.4 115.8 96.1
1930 97.5 97.1 93.9 95.5 119.1 97.2
1931 81.5 97.1 92.6 93.1 114.7 93.0
1932 67.1 94.1 89.7 87.0 104.5 86.5
1933 57.4 92.8 88.6 82.9 92.5 81.2
1934 65.7 93.4 90.9 85.2 90.7 80.5
1935 73.1 95.0 92.6 87.0 93.6 81.1
1936 80.9 95.1 94.9 89.1 94.2 82.4
1937 93.9 95.6 99.1 96.1 96.9 92.0
1938 101.8 100.0 99.6 99.2 99.2 99.1
1939 100.0 100 0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1940 104.9 102.1 102.8 104.3 104.5 105.2
1941 114.0 109.4 112.2 115.2 111.6 113.3
1942 125.9 113.1 118.7 125.5 118.6 125.8
1943 143.1 124.8 123.1 136.81 127.7 138.8
1944 146.1 146.0 125.2 141.41 129.6 142.2
1945 153.3 146.2 128.2 146.5 131.1 144.6
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.