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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 $
Miscellaneous industries 1,083 8,849 6,081,061 2,293,959 4,363,812 9,483,637
Agricultural implements 252 2,546 1,104,308 856,084 889,847 2,685,393
Blacking 5 38 25,400 7,830 17,145 47,065
Brooms and brushes 105 542 144,897 122,181 220,536 528,665
Buttons 2 34 9,000 5,000 4,500 11,500
Gas, lighting and heating 23 299 2,480,645 131,173 265,082 750,200
Glue 9 37 27,300 6,935 15,560 34,200
Hairwork 16 57 24,901 12,828 21,260 47,643
Ink 1 1 400 400 150 550
Mattresses and spring beds 7 21 8,400 7,134 14,479 31,340
Musical instruments 42 498 201,050 206,704 199,175 622,162
Optical goods 4 14 8,060 6,250 1,020 11,000
Painting and glazing 116 503 78,459 139,369 136,355 377,470
Photography 146 352 189,976 119,431 99,001 338,005
Railway supplies 1 30 24,775 18,000 48,000 80,000
Roofing and roofing materials 3 11 13,200 3,400 10,600 14,902
Rubber and elastic goods 4 494 454,600 83,297 357,702 502,615
Soap 75 301 279,821 89,974 1,000,033 1,323,853
Wax candles 6 15 4,285 830 5,318 8,224
Window blinds and shades 3 9 4,670 3,580 10,800 15,900
All other industries 263 3,047 996,914 473,559 1,047,249 2,052,950
Hand trades 8,438 15,770 2,571,355 3,568,335 3,004,386 9,250,554
Blacksmithing 6,275 10,213 1,720,638 2,217,222 1,529,406 5,364,461
Dyeing and cleaning 35 106 37,850 20,947 68,341 124,871
Interior decorations (carpentering) 2,099 5,408 779,667 1,314,744 1,399,928 3,726,345
Lock and gunsmithing 29 - 33,200 15,422 6,711 34,877
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.