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Statistics of industries, 1891

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Statistics of industries, 1891
  Establishments Wage earners Capital Wages for labour Cost of materials Value of products
  number $
By group 75,964 369,595 353,214,300 100,415,350 250,759,292 469,847,886
Food products 12,177 53,407 48,624,549 9,158,397 80,020,495 108,915,647
Textiles 15,451 72,155 44,926,706 15,518,071 34,783,993 67,904,111
Iron and steel products 916 21,894 27,570,261 8,778,501 13,333,643 29,874,537
Timber and lumber and their re-manufactures 11,615 81,757 77,519,486 21,821,033 43,245,212 85,979,499
Leather and its finished products 7,774 25,677 18,872,637 7,552,630 18,681,630 35,208,702
Paper and printing 807 12,840 16,354,290 4,818,263 5,810,564 14,652,994
Liquors and beverages 387 3,116 16,923,010 1,328,815 4,370,697 9,356,057
Chemicals and allied products 574 3,328 7,668,242 1,157,242 5,428,531 9,301,040
Clay, glass and stone products 2,547 15,591 9,594,779 4,195,887 4,057,637 12,159,635
Metals and metal products other than steel 2,681 12,092 15,216,768 4,544,383 8,466,264 17,860,563
Tobacco and its manufactures 149 5,325 3,831,388 1,461,482 2,502,090 5,742,525
Vehicles for land transportation 3,378 14,528 11,324,680 5,412,551 8,861,760 19,866,171
Vessels for water transportation 639 4,068 2,524,916 1,193,327 1,357,205 3,638,597
Miscellaneous industries 7,299 31,149 45,084,883 10,081,330 16,991,111 39,818,898
Hand trades 9,570 12,668 7,177,705 3,393,438 2,848,460 9,568,910
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.