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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 $
Miscellaneous industries 582 21,084 63,089,415 7,482,981 15,781,268 35,607,212
Agricultural implements 114 5,788 18,207,342 2,129,241 4,128,526 9,597,389
Ammunition 3 368 947,425 96,477 165,147 414,906
Artificial feathers and flowers 3 96 12,000 14,503 8,500 36,000
Blacking 6 73 64,468 15,720 72,800 128,217
Brooms and brushes 28 727 547,304 221,026 418,270 952,658
Buttons 5 319 258,137 63,582 49,428 150,000
Church decorations 4 35 43,410 16,789 6,380 40,941
Corsets and supplies 14 646 410,501 147,445 271,210 592,341
Electrical apparatus and supplies 25 1,922 5,267,397 846,618 1,131,004 3,032,252
Electric light and power 58 899 11,891,025 451,047 47,562 2,008,017
Elevators 4 161 196,423 64,000 77,830 207,100
Fancy goods 4 129 56,125 25,961 71,746 217,514
Fringes, cords and tassels 7 170 43,534 34,510 56,548 126,311
Gas, lighting and heating 27 856 7,692,101 405,718 751,864 2,327,466
Gloves and mittens 22 974 778,003 209,608 623,612 1,024,245
Glue 3 43 60,043 11,548 21,596 47,627
Hairwork 6 89 99,176 24,338 34,550 109,679
Hay, baled 5 175 173,000 55,505 360,800 490,000
Ink 3 17 46,700 7,556 62,097 105,000
Jewel cases 3 51 19,279 11,827 21,305 46,500
Ladders 3 17 27,100 3,412 4,545 16,300
Mattresses and spring beds 20 382 449,583 121,137 374,904 672,850
Mica, cut 12 240 221,248 42,294 175,949 337,628
Musical instruments 39 2,391 3,990,728 1,013,190 1,167,081 3,023,730
Musical instrument materials 7 278 300,119 83,119 166,242 356,997
Optical goods 4 140 115,700 47,136 66,205 199,750
Painting and glazing 3 95 89,283 34,137 32,985 103,000
Photography 6 49 95,456 21,359 45,655 94,858
Photographic materials 9 96 119,126 31,880 110,922 230,186
Pipe and boiler covering 3 33 40,100 15,175 26,252 68,945
Plaster 3 91 62,600 31,380 9,545 88,706
Pulleys 3 157 205,520 55,282 111,200 248,000
Railway supplies 4 385 573,155 159,800 214,742 556,600
Roofing and roofing materials 11 122 257,050 41,577 280,220 569,640
Rubber clothing 6 160 169,650 62,462 202,675 401,000
Rubber and elastic goods 7 469 1,354,321 157,727 765,406 1,173,422
Seed cleaning and preparing 17 519 502,900 86,935 1,177,642 1,472,087
Signs 3 23 15,200 10,976 11,150 34,160
Soap 23 478 2,321,207 164,717 1,424,228 2,143,945
Umbrellas 3 134 126,663 25,920 52,824 110,000
Washing compounds 3 15 31,500 5,976 6,291 20,500
Washing machines and wringers 6 164 128,673 46,818 103,850 179,434
Wax candles 3 27 57,400 10,250 32,250 71,250
Window blinds and shades 4 261 586,592 82,164 336,601 738,532
All other industries 36 820 4,435,148 275,139 501,129 1,041,529
Hand trades 45 605 613,328 248,290 135,197 599,329
Bicycle repairs 4 37 24,000 10,922 12,400 36,200
Blacksmithing 11 60 81,750 29,296 17,767 77,954
Dyeing and cleaning 14 200 225,850 65,268 14,010 163,895
Interior decorations 12 205 142,928 101,208 59,748 226,130
Lock and gunsmithing 4 103 138,800 41,596 31,272 95,150
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.