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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Iron and steel products | 714 | 13,700 | 13,691,393 | 4,852,827 | 7,715,164 | 16,943,321 |
| Boilers and engines | 39 | 1,391 | 1,123,000 | 482,812 | 816,400 | 1,662,253 |
| Cutlery and edge tools | 35 | 613 | 655,435 | 250,252 | 304,798 | 757,364 |
| Foundry and machine shop products | 548 | 7,789 | 7,675,911 | 2,724,898 | 3,581,175 | 8,863,957 |
| Iron and steel products | 26 | 1,830 | 2,178,497 | 660,160 | 1,845,650 | 3,014,150 |
| Safes and vaults | 4 | 124 | 153,000 | 55,500 | 44,000 | 126,000 |
| Saws | 21 | 362 | 470,150 | 106,930 | 347,360 | 859,360 |
| Scales | 7 | 52 | 79,940 | 17,060 | 39,500 | 80,600 |
| Screws | 1 | 66 | 200,000 | 13,700 | 20,809 | 50,960 |
| Sewing machines | 17 | 1,188 | 921,260 | 450,915 | 394,472 | 1,048,277 |
| Wire | 6 | 66 | 90,000 | 21,000 | 154,500 | 213,000 |
| Wire fencing | 1 | 3 | 3,000 | 1,200 | 4,000 | 12,000 |
| All other industries | 9 | 141,200 | 68,400 | 162,500 | 255,400 | |
| 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. | ||||||
