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Statistics of manufactures, by type of industry, 1915

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Statistics of manufactures, by type of industry, 1915
  Establish-ments Capital Employees on wages Wages paid Cost of materials Value of products
  number $ number $
Metal and methal products other than iron and steel            
Aluminium 4 5,262,502 587 375,265 1,690,657 4,071,406
Babbitt metal 7 349,917 80 35,272 971,851 1,187,551
Brass castings 50 6,184,426 1,884 998,205 4,748,823 7,787,302
Brass and iron beds 4 318,504 116 39,963 69,765 202,103
Jewellery and re­pairs 86 2,975,474 1,301 1,267,033 868,820 2,212,859
Lamps and lanterns 8 923,003 459 187,205 602,528 1,050,867
Lightning rods 3 49,549 7 4,432 55,257 83,227
Metallic roofing and flooring 14 3,535,992 825 431,094 2,359,290 3,431,226
Plumbers' supplies 17 2,964,974 847 432,105 1,384,436 2,268,858
Plumbing and tinsmithing 933 14,115,269 4,977 2,815,692 5,935,350 13,052,304
Silversmithing 17 1,612,034 440 255,504 358,091 977,676
Smelting 17 134,164,510 15,139 10,497,858 25,706,190 52,782,156
All other industries 13 2,165,840 349 218,004 1,180,022 1,835,743
Total 1,173 174,621,994 27,011 17,557,632 45,931,080 90,943,278
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.