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Statistics of industries, 1871

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Statistics of industries, 1871
  Establish-ments Wage earners Capital Wages for labour Cost of materials Value of products
  number $
By group 41,259 187,942 77,964,020 40,851,009 124,907,846 221,617,773
Food products 3,922 10,728 12,532,202 2,413,701 45,911,827 56,689,227
Textiles 3,586 24,665 8,009,332 4,133,090 14,905,136 24,768,976
Iron and steel products 576 12,223 6,221,532 4,007,105 5,530,980 13,928,855
Timber and lumber and their re-manufactures 9,965 51,923 20,588,645 9,314,517 21,393,748 41,065,971
Leather and its finished products 6,385 25,670 6,606,885 5,890,576 14,860,304 27,953,809
Paper and printing 393 5,058 3,167,680 1,602,422 2,014,182 5,199,964
Liquors and beverages 193 1,602 2,519,655 534,874 2,184,938 6,459,443
Chemicals and allied products 671 2,232 2,049,656 582,508 2,792,804 5,815,504
Clay, glass and stone products 1,757 7,702 1,630,824 1,333,486 747,493 3,482,427
Metals and metal products other than steel 1,076 4,616 2,096,393 1,206,038 1,882,336 4,312,720
Tobacco and its manufactures 77 2,216 573,145 407,095 1,197,745 2,435,343
Vehicles for land transportation 2,641 7,973 1,967,609 1,952,566 1,690,731 5,361,234
Vessels for water transportation 496 6,715 1,348,046 1,610,737 2,427,424 5,410,109
Miscellaneous industries 1,083 8,849 6,081,061 2,293,959 4,363,812 9,483,637
Hand trades 8,438 15,770 2,571,355 3,568,335 3,004,386 9,250,554
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.