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| Establish-ments | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Metals and metal products other than steel | 1,076 | 4,616 | 2,096,393 | 1,206,038 | 1,882,336 | 4,312,720 |
| Brass castings | 76 | 991 | 457,412 | 276,988 | 374,824 | 893,368 |
| Jewelry and repairs | 182 | 463 | 204,512 | 149,690 | 151,968 | 427,897 |
| Lead, bar and pipe | 1 | 28 | 50,867 | 5,500 | 93,000 | 117,317 |
| Plumbing and tinsmithing | 793 | 2,351 | 789,216 | 598,460 | 1,133,561 | 2,392,638 |
| Silversmithing | 11 | 52 | 31,686 | 19,464 | 34,260 | 89,500 |
| Smelting | 6 | 624 | 492,000 | 125,000 | 62,100 | 298,000 |
| All other industries | 7 | 107 | 70,700 | 30,936 | 32,623 | 94,000 |
| Tobacco and its manufactures | 77 | 2,216 | 573,145 | 407,095 | 1,197,745 | 2,435,343 |
| Tobacco, chewing, smoking, snuff, cigars and cigarettes | 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 |
| Carriages and wagons | 2,636 | 7,798 | 1,859,609 | 1,891,566 | 1,397,731 | 4,849,234 |
| Cars and car works | 5 | 175 | 108,000 | 61,000 | 293,000 | 512,000 |
| Vessels for water transportation | 496 | 6,715 | 1,348,046 | 1,610,737 | 2,427,424 | 5,410,109 |
| Boats and canoes | 146 | 297 | 31,298 | 51,052 | 25,585 | 95,576 |
| Masts and spars | 98 | 372 | 232,323 | 108,610 | 638,308 | 882,271 |
| Ships and ship repairs | 252 | 6,046 | 1,084,425 | 1,451,075 | 1,763,531 | 4,432,262 |
| Note: In this table statistics are given for all establishments enumerated, irrespective of the number of persons employed. They are for the calendar year 1870. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
