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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	$
Miscellaneous industries
Agricultural implements	56	59,529,091	6,737	3,125,066	5,983,236	13,372,506
Ammunition	5	4,656,845	1,662	765,986	1,740,881	2,918,783
Artificial feathers and flowers	6	327,593	268	105,940	167,925	385,773
Artificial ice	6	723,157	98	72,466	27,136	420,600
Asbestos	9	2,434,116	767	342,303	379,544	1,410,661
Asphalt	16	1,415,720	734	348,333	538,344	1,134,673
Beekeepers' supplies	3	23,450	4	1,568	1,022	4,365
Blacking	25	765,310	163	84,492	540,415	999,460
Brooms and brushes	52	1,403,325	736	305,540	684,007	1,378,828
Buttons	15	607,627	548	204,059	146,907	453,836
Carbide of calcium	4	5,243,020	696	455,816	1,054,666	2,143,577
Coke	4	1,608,787	2,465	1,406,142	2,279,112	4,416,513
Conduits, electric	3	336,670	46	20,721	184,189	290,746
Corsets and supplies	11	1,812,754	1,045	296,179	980,527	2,129,985
Dental supplies	9	271,481	37	17,955	407,365	545,245
Electrical apparatus and supplies	47	38,519,220	7,083	3,660,184	9,137,197	18,108,241
Electric light and power	307	248,573,546	7,204	5,755,488	6,275,166	29,452,997
Elevators	6	3,433,631	690	415,868	233,865	1,441,079
Fancy goods	7	457,244	533	216,977	309,480	800,293
Flour paste	3	16,000	8	2,365	7,911	14,872
Fringes, cords and tassels	4	108,558	137	37,406	44,995	129,774
Gas, lighting and heating	35	16,609,420	1,433	944,850	1,553,074	4,450,960
Gloves and mittens	38	1,759,110	1,098	333,404	1,089,230	1,899,092
Glue	5	897,033	233	130,182	369,661	624,728
Hairwork	14	627,773	130	64,308	153,648	286,228
Hay, baled	5	45,729	82	22,790	269,992	330,986
Inks	10	406,421	65	36,683	276,796	549,404
Jewellery cases	3	35,008	36	12,077	9,996	26,488
Labels	4	241,258	156	43,579	56,615	138,653
Mattresses and spring beds	55	3,362,022	935	488,651	1,268,579	4,618,422
Mica, cut	3	123,256	529	44,533	42,948	81,105
Musical instruments	37	7,558,116	1,882	1,053,560	1,438,972	3,528,643
Musical instrument materials	7	1,404,226	555	342,354	421,260	965,746
Optical goods	18	494,694	240	136,390	153,263	493,322
Patterns	12	52,666	55	37,365	10,042	83,143
Photography	280	776,324	548	293,921	253,192	999,413
Plaster	13	3,017,797	949	469,607	268,618	1,030,393
Plaster and stucco	4	15,203	9	9,129	4,525	18,395
Printers' supplies	3	86,732	16	15,040	46,535	86,694
Pulleys	5	752,371	263	137,739	154,103	437,760
Railway supplies	5	256,431	65	30,841	60,152	124,573
Roofing and roofing materials	39	1,981,158	403	224,397	909,755	1,466,988
Rubber and elastic goods	15	12,851,791	3,248	1,717,114	7,061,076	14,393,181
Seed cleaning and preparing	10	1,168,319	235	82,720	2,166,482	2,636,327
Signs	59	307,733	255	147,526	138,758	510,701
Soap	26	5,042,065	663	342,176	4,095,033	6,445,939
Sporting goods	8	351,599	114	38,427	131,871	237,242
Sweeping compounds	9	248,758	27	14,853	27,014	137,006
Umbrellas	6	231,921	102	38,261	192,561	354,361
Vacuum cleaners	5	68,474	16	11,830	36,947	81,304
Washing compounds	8	113,346	46	22,332	63,080	127,563
Washing machines and wringers	5	499,791	110	67,947	137,939	274,591
Wax candles	7	84,270	22	9,538	41,284	91,675
Weather-strips	10	62,539	29	14,900	22,226	63,733
Window blinds and shades	3	545,151	135	46,270	344,608	568,912
Window fixtures	4	99,345	58	31,374	26,344	93,573
All other industries	69	6,687,728	1,498	836,614	1,904,589	4,058,180
Total	1,437	441,132,723	47,901	25,934,136	56,324,658	134,268,231
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.