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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Miscellaneous industries | 1,541 | 13,205 | 15,298,090 | 3,819,051 | 7,339,387 | 15,860,759 |
| Agricultural implements | 234 | 3,656 | 3,995,782 | 1,241,279 | 1,839,197 | 4,405,397 |
| Blacking | 3 | 23 | 32,900 | 3,679 | 16,900 | 26,000 |
| Brooms and brushes | 91 | 957 | 353,325 | 189,922 | 404,967 | 762,884 |
| Buttons | 8 | 470 | 117,800 | 61,620 | 82,050 | 173,630 |
| Church decorations | 4 | 48 | 43,700 | 16,100 | 62,200 | 160,300 |
| Corsets and supplies | 5 | 320 | 38,200 | 43,140 | 141,365 | 229,000 |
| Gas, lighting and heating | 36 | 512 | 5,358,490 | 239,270 | 319,037 | 1,173,181 |
| Gloves and mittens | 24 | 532 | 133,580 | 103,962 | 265,895 | 434,864 |
| Glue | 11 | 83 | 169,200 | 17,247 | 95,250 | 164,097 |
| Hairwork | 27 | 76 | 72,597 | 13,961 | 16,659 | 52,770 |
| Ink | 2 | 2 | 900 | 700 | 760 | 2,150 |
| Mattresses and spring beds | 19 | 59 | 29,850 | 16,960 | 24,165 | 57,074 |
| Musical instruments | 44 | 941 | 669,379 | 417,823 | 412,848 | 1,220,195 |
| Optical goods | 3 | 22 | 27,500 | 8,700 | 3,500 | 21,000 |
| Painting and glazing | 189 | 759 | 198,562 | 219,513 | 290,699 | 728,067 |
| Photography | 182 | 422 | 492,469 | 143,426 | 101,333 | 409,427 |
| Railway supplies | 1 | 41 | 38,000 | 11,000 | 75,000 | 144,000 |
| Roofing and roofing materials | 10 | 124 | 115,000 | 39,160 | 197,120 | 284,600 |
| Rubber and elastic goods | 4 | 525 | 851,500 | 177,362 | 478,104 | 771,000 |
| Soap | 78 | 479 | 916,025 | 188,099 | 1,275,548 | 1,956,653 |
| Wax candles | 9 | 27 | 5,073 | 2,230 | 10,040 | 15,140 |
| Window blinds and shades | 11 | 53 | 68,045 | 12,158 | 22,160 | 59,450 |
| All other industries | 546 | 3,074 | 1,570,213 | 651,740 | 1,204,590 | 2,609,880 |
| number | $ | |||||
| Hand trades | 10,563 | 18,551 | 4,497,992 | 4,023,394 | 4,232,416 | 11,379,250 |
| Blacksmithing | 7,986 | 12,451 | 3,056,653 | 2,597,539 | 2,486,568 | 7,172,469 |
| Dyeing and cleaning | 44 | 164 | 82,558 | 36,665 | 32,918 | 118,516 |
| Interior decorations (carpentering) | 2,494 | 5,702 | 1,242,531 | 1,307,513 | 1,656,395 | 3,893,910 |
| Lock and gunsmithing | 39 | 234 | 116,250 | 81,677 | 56,535 | 194,355 |
| 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. | ||||||
