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Statistics of chartered telegraph companies, by calendar year, 1922 to 1926

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Statistics of chartered telegraph companies, by calendar year, 1922 to 1926
  Line Wire Messages1 Offices2
  miles number
Canadian National Telegraph Co. (formerly Great North Western Telegraph Co.)        
1922 20,389 89,539 8,394,724 1,566
1923 20,389 92,545 9,290,916 1,709
1924 20,745 95,574 8,060,032 1,765
1925 19,972 110,806 6,884,600 1,766
1926 20,198 113,603 7,368,395 1,782
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.        
1922 14,472 125,331 5,169,2653 1,456
1923 14,675 128,008 5,138,8503 1,457
1924 15,353 123,849 4,975,1713 1,527
1925 15,410 124,619 5,671,8533 1,407
1926 16,035 141,924 5,863,5683 1,510
Western Union        
1922 3,631 16,666 696,375 196
1923 3,638 18,593 693,108 220
1924 3,562 18,738 729,730 225
1925 2,779 18,431 747,144 207
1926 2,751 18,493 779,188 207
Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Commission        
1922 332 1,683 153,540 29
1923 332 1,683 166,874 31
1924 413 1,817 173,118 34
1925 424 1,935 115,920 35
1926 422 2,009 130,770 36
Grand Trunk Pacific Telegraph Co.4        
1922 2,817 14,185 157,739 150
1923 2,817 14,185 190,426 136
1924 2,459 13,963 316,339 136
1925 2,460 13,963 180,285 136
1926 2,833 15,439 169,906 140
The North American Telegraph Co., Ltd.        
1922 - 547 83,077 21
1923 - 515 75,140 21
1924 - 515 71,429 21
1925 - 454 71,335 21
1926 - 445 76,826 19
Dominion Government Telegraph Service        
1922 11,455 14,392 548,181 1,298
1923 11,532 15,253 519,561 1,342
1924 11,210 14,176 526,681 1,192
1925 10,681 13,913 499,358 1,052
1926 10,722 14,020 522,796 1,066
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.