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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Food products | 12,177 | 53,407 | 48,624,549 | 9,158,397 | 80,020,495 | 108,915,647 |
| Baking powder and flavouring extracts | 24 | 216 | 321,550 | 98,925 | 330,700 | 671,150 |
| Bread, biscuits and confectionery | 1,936 | 7,043 | 7,065,889 | 2,276,553 | 9,288,985 | 15,433,198 |
| Butter and cheese | 1,735 | 3,438 | 3,127,197 | 859,370 | 7,400,032 | 10,697,879 |
| Cocoa and chocolate | 2 | 17 | 34,500 | 6,000 | 14,000 | 58,000 |
| Coffees and spices | 35 | 173 | 535,751 | 74,778 | 710,976 | 1,121,660 |
| Condensed milk | 1 | 25 | 15,000 | 7,630 | 49,265 | 83,000 |
| Evaporated fruits and vegetables | 36 | 431 | 96,250 | 30,955 | 77,434 | 146,296 |
| Fish, preserved | 5,017 | 29,485 | 6,027,296 | 2,041,416 | 3,752,148 | 7,973,595 |
| Flouring and grist mill products | 2,550 | 6,313 | 23,039,041 | 2,363,931 | 41,535,437 | 51,883,286 |
| Fruit and vegetable canning | 60 | 2,304 | 571,520 | 174,014 | 523,151 | 929,778 |
| Slaughtering and meat packing | 528 | 1,699 | 2,185,077 | 505,553 | 5,556,746 | 7,132,831 |
| Sugar, refined | 7 | 1,402 | 4,849,400 | 509,811 | 10,223,500 | 11,627,100 |
| Vinegar and pickles | 220 | 714 | 678,003 | 176,749 | 471,339 | 992,485 |
| All other foods | 26 | 147 | 78,075 | 32,712 | 86,782 | 165,389 |
| Note: In this table statistics are given for all establishments enumerated, irrespective of the number of persons employed. They are for the calendar year 1890. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
