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Local and long-distance calls and averages per telephone and per capita, 1936 to 1945

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Local and long-distance calls and averages per telephone and per capita, 1936 to 1945
          Averages per telephone
  Local calls Long-distance calls Total calls Total calls per capita1 Local Long-distance Total
  number
1936 2,444,517,000 27,990,000 2,472,507,000 226 1,931 22.1 1,953
1937 2,582,984,000 30,823,000 2,613,807,000 237 1,953 23.3 1,976
1938 2,592,803,000 30,289,000 2,623,092,000 235 1,907 22.3 1,929
1939 2,742,739,000 31,611,000 2,774,350,000 246 1,963 22.6 1,986
1940 2,864,215,000 34,888,000 2,899,103,000 255 1,960 23.9 1,984
1941 2,971,780,000 39,747,000 3,011,527,000 262 1,902 25.4 1,927
1942 2,954,644,000 44,230,000 2,998,874,000 257 1,815 27.2 1,842
1943 2,929,446,000 50,348,000 2,979,794,000 252 1,731 29.8 1,761
1944 2,955,975,000 56,678,000 3,012,653,000 252 1,687 32.4 1,720
1945 3,145,492,000 64,788,000 3,210,280,000 265 1,701 35.0 1,736
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.