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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Textiles | 15,451 | 72,155 | 44,926,706 | 15,518,071 | 34,783,993 | 67,904,111 |
| Awnings, tents and sails | 87 | 372 | 187,441 | 133,080 | 359,363 | 670,842 |
| Bags, cotton | 2 | 52 | 141,090 | 18,350 | 160,200 | 265,800 |
| Batting | 4 | 58 | 302,650 | 23,600 | 160,450 | 205,700 |
| Carpets | 557 | 915 | 301,518 | 150,734 | 255,283 | 548,619 |
| Clothing, men's (custom) | 3,982 | 23,234 | 8,264,422 | 5,720,708 | 11,410,387 | 22,648,583 |
| Clothing, women's (custom) | 7,066 | 17,197 | 3,044,190 | 2,475,806 | 5,485,824 | 11,111,510 |
| Cordage, rope and twine | 21 | 819 | 2,370,395 | 219,897 | 1,245,420 | 1,723,534 |
| Cottons | 23 | 8,635 | 13,381,121 | 2,142,603 | 4,408,253 | 8,741,724 |
| Flax, dressed | 40 | 1,409 | 418,183 | 204,299 | 219,024 | 555,450 |
| Furnishing goods, men's | 164 | 3,272 | 1,523,307 | 717,633 | 1,431,259 | 2,899,691 |
| Hats, caps and furs | 192 | 2,518 | 2,047,881 | 724,054 | 2,793,179 | 4,984,941 |
| Hosiery and knit goods | 307 | 2,266 | 1,364,546 | 485,144 | 948,469 | 1,982,687 |
| Mats and rugs | 6 | 43 | 30,820 | 13,700 | 23,790 | 43,200 |
| Oil clothing | 25 | 69 | 13,680 | 4,770 | 21,415 | 33,184 |
| Shoddy | 2 | 15 | 8,600 | 4,400 | 11,050 | 18,000 |
| Wool, carding and fulling | 441 | 791 | 716,223 | 155,978 | 675,405 | 1,047,259 |
| Woolen goods | 377 | 7,156 | 9,357,658 | 1,884,483 | 4,037,767 | 8,087,871 |
| Woolen yarns | 1 | 26 | 28,000 | 8,000 | 17,300 | 33,000 |
| All other industries | 2,154 | 3,308 | 1,424,981 | 430,832 | 1,120,155 | 2,302,516 |
| 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. | ||||||
