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Summary statistics of manufactures, 1917 to 1961

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Summary statistics of manufactures, 1917 to 1961
  Establish-
ments
Employees1 Salaries
and
wages
Cost at
plant of
materials
used
Value
added by
manufacture2
Value of
shipments of
goods of own
manufacture3
  Basis: Industrial classification in use prior to 1960
  number $ thousands
1917 21,845 606,523 497,802 1,539,679 1,281,132 2,820,811
1920 22,532 598,893 717,494 2,085,272 1,621,273 3,706,545
1925 20,981 522,924 569,944 1,571,788 1,167,937 2,816,865
19304 22,618 614,696 697,555 1,664,788 1,522,737 3,280,237
19354 24,034 556,664 559,468 1,419,146 1,153,485 2,653,911
1940 25,513 762,244 920,873 2,449,722 1,942,471 4,529,173
1945 29,050 1,119,372 1,845,773 4,473,669 3,564,316 8,250,369
19505 35,942 1,183,297 2,771,267 7,538,535 5,942,058 13,817,526
1951 37,021 1,258,375 3,276,281 9,074,526 6,940,947 16,392,187
1952 37,929 1,288,382 3,637,620 9,146,172 7,443,533 16,982,687
1953 38,107 1,327,451 3,957,018 9,380,559 7,993,089 17,785,417
1954 38,028 1,267,966 3,896,688 9,241,858 7,902,124 17,554,528
1955 38,182 1,298,461 4,142,410 10,338,202 8,753,450 19,513,934
1956 37,428 1,353,020 4,570,692 11,721,537 9,605,425 21,636,749
1957 37,875 1,359,061 4,819,628 11,900,752 9,822,085 22,183,594
1958 36,741 1,289,602 4,802,496 11,821,567 9,454,955 22,163,186
1959 36,193 1,303,956 5,073,074 12,552,201 10,320,963 23,311,601
  Basis: Revised standard industrial classification and new establishment concept
1957 33,551 1,340,948 4,778,040 11,698,789 - 21,452,343
1958 32,446 1,272,686 4,758,614 11,630,825 9,454,954 21,434,815
1959 32,075 1,287,809 5,030,128 12,339,558 10,154,277 22,830,827
1960 32,852 1,275,476 5,150,503 12,451,637 10,371,284 23,279,804
1961 32,415 1,264,946 5,231,447 13,127,708 10,682,138 24,243,295
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.