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Statistics of manufactures, by type of industry, 1915
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| Establish-ments | Capital | Employees on wages | Wages paid | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | number | $ | |||
| Food products | ||||||
| Baking powder and flavouring extracts | 25 | 1,328,020 | 340 | 159,232 | 882,310 | 1,757,187 |
| Bread, biscuits and confectionery | 1,375 | 25,282,598 | 12,035 | 6,002,529 | 22,666,226 | 40,772,216 |
| Butter and cheese | 3,307 | 12,244,617 | 5,632 | 2,621,347 | 48,130,964 | 56,274,679 |
| Chewing gum | 4 | 497,328 | 107 | 57,743 | 227,272 | 460,628 |
| Cocoa and chocolate | 13 | 2,451,292 | 887 | 300,247 | 1,920,351 | 3,112,294 |
| Coffees and spices | 27 | 3,810,406 | 458 | 258,247 | 3,568,263 | 5,408,525 |
| Condensed milk | 13 | 1,786,325 | 321 | 232,912 | 2,749,157 | 3,725,668 |
| Confectioners' supplies | 3 | 248,603 | 53 | 42,607 | 14,053 | 136,700 |
| Dairy products | 9 | 1,667,039 | 544 | 378,657 | 1,516,298 | 2,216,214 |
| Evaporated fruits and vegetables1 | 46 | 836,645 | 1,397 | 169,461 | 792,582 | 1,223,034 |
| Fish, preserved | 775 | 14,937,375 | 15,485 | 2,602,528 | 8,766,499 | 15,761,586 |
| Flour and gristmill products | 644 | 57,428,014 | 5,701 | 3,308,400 | 92,895,753 | 114,483,924 |
| Foods, stock | 12 | 469,987 | 71 | 40,357 | 206,616 | 397,391 |
| Fruit and vegetable canning | 80 | 4,580,855 | 1,453 | 429,766 | 2,283,880 | 3,794,922 |
| Jams and jellies | 13 | 778,526 | 196 | 77,244 | 520,006 | 946,886 |
| Macaroni and vermicelli | 6 | 316,137 | 115 | 38,184 | 215,357 | 401,866 |
| Slaughtering and meat packing | 59 | 32,371,658 | 6,484 | 3,256,773 | 65,192,477 | 78,431,125 |
| Slaughtering, not including meat packing | 4 | 4,700,456 | 1,062 | 481,807 | 14,920,821 | 18,358,606 |
| Sugar, refined | 9 | 30,925,525 | 2,276 | 1,320,941 | 32,110,686 | 37,752,235 |
| Tallow, refined | 4 | 48,541 | 11 | 7,494 | 34,833 | 63,068 |
| Vinegar and pickles | 33 | 1,638,108 | 332 | 157,518 | 715,283 | 1,564,519 |
| All other industries | 11 | 857,199 | 125 | 82,244 | 1,288,530 | 1,772,089 |
| Total | 6,472 | 199,205,254 | 55,085 | 22,026,238 | 301,618,217 | 388,815,362 |
| 1. Evaporated fruits and vegetables represent dehydrated fruits and vegetable | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | ||||||
