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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| By group | 49,928 | 254,935 | 165,302,623 | 59,400,700 | 179,731,891 | 309,676,068 |
| Food products | 5,100 | 23,524 | 23,150,732 | 4,985,757 | 59,777,012 | 75,137,755 |
| Textiles | 6,255 | 44,594 | 20,899,542 | 7,750,330 | 23,981,747 | 41,090,551 |
| Iron and steel products | 714 | 13,700 | 13,691,393 | 4,852,827 | 7,715,164 | 16,943,321 |
| Timber and lumber and their re-manufactures | 9,838 | 61,220 | 35,305,926 | 12,734,425 | 28,428,695 | 55,407,543 |
| Leather and its finished products | 6,809 | 27,457 | 14,265,768 | 6,700,681 | 21,870,614 | 36,455,776 |
| Paper and printing | 543 | 8,759 | 8,124,317 | 2,765,353 | 4,177,760 | 9,560,497 |
| Liquors and beverages | 254 | 2,133 | 6,301,575 | 783,916 | 3,581,604 | 7,054,050 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 422 | 2,315 | 4,464,419 | 754,301 | 4,612,602 | 8,189,559 |
| Clay, glass and stone products | 2,304 | 10,636 | 3,353,471 | 2,093,762 | 1,744,850 | 5,729,556 |
| Metals and metal products other than steel | 1,791 | 7,948 | 6,791,267 | 2,497,172 | 3,929,296 | 8,954,032 |
| Tobacco and its manufactures | 96 | 3,757 | 1,829,420 | 729,044 | 1,571,904 | 3,060,306 |
| Vehicles for land transportation | 3,160 | 11,867 | 5,429,459 | 3,571,131 | 4,785,443 | 10,535,443 |
| Vessels for water transportation | 538 | 5,269 | 1,899,252 | 1,339,556 | 1,983,397 | 4,317,670 |
| Miscellaneous industries | 1,541 | 13,205 | 15,298,090 | 3,819,051 | 7,339,387 | 15,860,759 |
| Hand trades | 10,563 | 18,551 | 4,497,992 | 4,023,394 | 4,232,416 | 11,379,250 |
| Note: In this table statistics are given for all establishments enumerated, irrespective of the number of persons employed. They are for the calendar year 1880. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
