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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Leather and its finished products | 7,774 | 25,677 | 18,872,637 | 7,552,630 | 18,681,630 | 35,208,702 |
| Belting and hose, leather | 6 | 143 | 251,000 | 62,640 | 238,000 | 511,000 |
| Boots and shoes | 5,398 | 18,041 | 9,648,639 | 4,916,464 | 9,935,281 | 18,990,381 |
| Harness and saddlery | 1,567 | 3,189 | 2,627,135 | 1,040,319 | 1,861,283 | 4,150,461 |
| Leather, tanned, curried and finished | 802 | 4,287 | 6,341,463 | 1,529,207 | 6,635,066 | 11,536,860 |
| Leather goods | 1 | 17 | 4,400 | 4,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 |
| Paper and printing | 807 | 12,840 | 16,354,290 | 4,818,263 | 5,810,564 | 14,652,994 |
| Boxes and bags, paper | 43 | 964 | 759,509 | 220,540 | 685,983 | 1,145,460 |
| Paper | 34 | 1,792 | 4,673,211 | 656,402 | 1,220,423 | 2,575,447 |
| Printing and bookbinding | 129 | 2,069 | 1,755,045 | 732,911 | 795,756 | 2,093,393 |
| Printing and publishing | 589 | 7,705 | 8,689,686 | 3,099,632 | 2,910,642 | 8,318,094 |
| Stationery goods | 3 | 90 | 79,000 | 22,000 | 40,000 | 92,000 |
| Stereotyping and electrotyping | 1 | 40 | 15,000 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 45,000 |
| Wall paper | 4 | 139 | 366,650 | 56,600 | 133,700 | 355,000 |
| All other industries | 4 | 41 | 16,189 | 10,178 | 9,060 | 28,600 |
| Liquors and beverages | 387 | 3,116 | 16,923,010 | 1,328,815 | 4,370,697 | 9,356,057 |
| Aerated and mineral waters | 188 | 677 | 939,371 | 205,229 | 323,847 | 946,715 |
| Liquors, distilled | 8 | 404 | 7,054,000 | 178,950 | 1,226,019 | 2,199,600 |
| Liquors, malt | 144 | 1,840 | 8,309,664 | 891,381 | 2,530,631 | 5,717,873 |
| Liquors, vinous | 41 | 150 | 396,475 | 37,955 | 111,200 | 254,489 |
| Malt | 6 | 45 | 223,500 | 15,300 | 179,000 | 237,380 |
| 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. | ||||||
