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Statistics of industries, 1901

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Statistics of industries, 1901
  Establishments Wage earners Capital Wages for labour Cost of materials Value of products
  number $
Iron and steel products 517 24,766 40,861,164 9,846,247 14,816,891 34,878,402
Axes and tools 21 959 1,169,607 378,235 367,603 1,038,705
Boilers and engines 59 3,713 5,552,862 1,565,309 1,783,915 4,626,214
Bridges, iron and steel 6 797 1,755,379 318,404 1,012,563 1,693,000
Cutlery and edge tools 7 280 316,325 114,998 82,710 257,275
Dies and moulds 3 21 16,000 8,052 9,930 33,600
Foundry and machine shop products 315 11,784 16,274,645 4,604,124 5,293,248 15,292,445
Gas machines 4 19 29,850 6,176 7,899 29,121
Hardware, carriage and saddlery 6 471 418,381 128,292 164,774 401,821
Iron and steel products 29 4,110 9,829,560 1,693,542 3,801,129 6,912,457
Printing presses 5 295 541,064 104,404 90,139 362,135
Safes and vaults 3 158 232,610 71,200 70,100 225,200
Saws 7 230 419,534 99,500 127,685 314,312
Scales 8 194 279,414 85,211 92,153 285,240
Screws 4 242 714,586 90,246 198,025 385,810
Sewing machines 3 619 1,110,167 275,774 342,976 752,308
Wire 15 551 1,599,118 181,778 1,060,011 1,693,995
Wire fencing 14 154 225,950 59,362 199,801 336,470
All other industries 8 169 376,112 61,640 112,230 238,294
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.