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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Food products | 5,594 | 42,401 | 57,167,466 | 8,032,580 | 99,138,140 | 125,202,620 |
| Baking powder and flavouring extracts | 13 | 150 | 273,965 | 44,219 | 329,840 | 524,016 |
| Barley, pot and pearl | 3 | 17 | 88,800 | 6,924 | 188,765 | 229,816 |
| Bread, biscuits and confectionery | 258 | 5,858 | 6,996,204 | 1,807,805 | 6,788,206 | 11,637,808 |
| Butter and cheese | 3,576 | 6,886 | 6,161,085 | 1,464,110 | 25,302,531 | 29,462,402 |
| Cocoa and chocolate | 4 | 62 | 152,075 | 14,708 | 140,589 | 218,460 |
| Coffees and spices | 29 | 371 | 1,044,272 | 113,561 | 1,259,471 | 1,957,536 |
| Condensed milk | 4 | 105 | 324,425 | 27,722 | 168,818 | 269,520 |
| Evaporated fruits and vegetables | 50 | 1,525 | 371,321 | 104,228 | 172,490 | 395,540 |
| Fish, preserved | 1,097 | 15,467 | 7,992,893 | 1,213,079 | 4,552,492 | 8,025,630 |
| Flouring and grist mill products | 400 | 3,370 | 14,686,558 | 1,281,729 | 26,350,706 | 31,835,873 |
| Fruit and vegetable canning | 58 | 4,640 | 2,004,915 | 378,128 | 1,571,681 | 2,831,742 |
| Slaughtering and meat packing | 57 | 2,121 | 5,395,162 | 784,010 | 19,520,058 | 22,217,984 |
| Sugar, refined | 4 | 1,200 | 10,104,585 | 612,680 | 10,546,500 | 12,595,000 |
| Vinegar and pickles | 24 | 295 | 633,453 | 71,542 | 230,301 | 561,682 |
| All other foods | 17 | 334 | 937,753 | 108,135 | 2,015,692 | 2,439,611 |
| Note: In this table statistics are given only for establishments employing five hands and over. They are for the calendar year 1900. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
