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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Textiles | 1,684 | 59,324 | 60,606,555 | 15,326,107 | 34,915,254 | 67,724,839 |
| Awnings, tents and sails | 25 | 292 | 269,727 | 90,708 | 180,467 | 448,249 |
| Bags, cotton | 5 | 345 | 915,663 | 100,225 | 831,849 | 1,114,213 |
| Batting | 4 | 72 | 178,759 | 23,280 | 61,994 | 110,981 |
| Carpets | 10 | 485 | 711,951 | 142,128 | 347,584 | 633,192 |
| Clothing, men's (tailoring) | 735 | 8,515 | 5,420,144 | 2,447,167 | 3,691,630 | 8,775,439 |
| Clothing, men's (factory product) | 58 | 7,606 | 3,843,799 | 2,020,639 | 4,861,331 | 8,980,291 |
| Clothing, women's (dressmaking) | 334 | 5,260 | 2,492,118 | 1,086,550 | 1,925,569 | 4,368,580 |
| Clothing, women's (factory product) | 26 | 2,747 | 1,051,481 | 583,929 | 1,129,612 | 2,190,627 |
| Cordage, rope and twine | 11 | 916 | 2,335,246 | 231,601 | 1,444,351 | 2,212,663 |
| Cottons | 20 | 11,882 | 18,298,699 | 3,352,464 | 5,827,265 | 12,033,052 |
| Flax, dressed | 31 | 996 | 325,936 | 127,332 | 136,224 | 338,176 |
| Furnishing goods, men's | 52 | 4,976 | 2,821,302 | 1,071,146 | 2,262,622 | 4,623,652 |
| Hammocks | 4 | 39 | 15,233 | 9,150 | 9,075 | 29,560 |
| Hats, caps and furs | 115 | 3,273 | 4,136,236 | 881,960 | 3,328,984 | 5,876,467 |
| Hosiery and knit goods | 52 | 3,687 | 3,723,197 | 889,882 | 1,979,951 | 3,857,519 |
| Mats and rugs | 6 | 68 | 55,507 | 16,874 | 21,205 | 52,092 |
| Oil clothing | 6 | 270 | 639,990 | 82,070 | 415,561 | 560,693 |
| Shoddy | 6 | 62 | 146,210 | 19,000 | 92,200 | 155,280 |
| Textiles, dyeing and finishing | 3 | 548 | 1,388,500 | 212,592 | 1,544,000 | 2,051,992 |
| Wool, carding and fulling | 3 | 12 | 7,800 | 1,390 | - | 4,030 |
| Woolen goods | 157 | 6,388 | 10,486,198 | 1,724,333 | 3,799,302 | 7,359,541 |
| Woolen yarns | 6 | 60 | 57,400 | 13,077 | 58,095 | 86,350 |
| Wool pulling | 3 | 24 | 44,210 | 9,338 | 94,975 | 115,487 |
| All other industries | 12 | 801 | 1,241,249 | 189,272 | 871,408 | 1,746,713 |
| 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. | ||||||
