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Telephone mileages of pole-line and wire, 1936 to 1945

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Telephone mileages of pole-line and wire, 1936 to 1945
  Systems Pole-line mileage Mileage of wire
  number miles
1936 3,063 210,926 5,197,042
1937 3,191 209,767 5,307,884
1938 3,203 211,895 5,397,244
1939 3,212 212,603 5,518,329
1940 3,193 212,680 5,681,594
1941 3,209 213,393 5,882,223
1942 3,192 217,958 6,014,596
1943 3,187 218,702 6,057,880
1944 3,174 220,161 6,108,070
1945 3,151 222,435 6,333,761
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.