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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 $
Metals and metal products other than steel 2,681 12,092 15,216,768 4,544,383 8,466,264 17,860,563
Brass castings 53 1,374 1,602,494 554,420 1,120,755 2,192,200
Jewelry and repairs 655 1,619 2,540,081 648,342 1,068,188 2,523,691
Lamps 4 63 250,300 20,075 23,540 65,150
Lead, bar and pipe 1 10 98,000 5,000 26,000 38,000
Plumbers' supplies 1 60 87,000 20,000 46,000 70,000
Plumbing and tinsmithing 1,873 6,513 5,725,748 2,234,135 4,336,127 9,094,824
Silversmithing 34 284 419,300 126,940 258,246 530,510
Smelting 16 1,901 4,159,481 851,980 1,478,210 3,046,240
All other industries 44 268 334,364 83,491 109,198 299,948
Tobacco and its manufactures 149 5,325 3,831,388 1,461,482 2,502,090 5,742,525
Tobacco, chewing, smoking and snuff 37 2,105 2,158,150 485,252 1,330,112 2,375,321
Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes 112 3,220 1,673,238 976,230 1,171,978 3,367,204
Vehicles for land transportation 3,378 14,528 11,324,680 5,412,551 8,861,760 19,866,171
Bicycles 5 88 78,800 26,675 43,270 97,550
Carriages and wagons 3,336 9,056 8,029,621 2,999,572 3,908,968 9,744,416
Carriage and wagon materials 18 366 623,275 150,780 269,479 563,680
Cars and car works 19 5,018 2,592,984 2,235,524 4,640,043 9,460,525
Vessels for water transportation 639 4,068 2,524,916 1,193,327 1,357,205 3,638,597
Boats and canoes 478 832 421,395 179,092 137,415 477,522
Masts and spars 14 45 58,065 15,620 26,785 59,800
Ships and ship repairs 147 3,191 2,045,456 998,615 1,193,005 3,101,275
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.