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Wages and hours of labour, by selected trades in selected cities of Canada, 1927

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Wages and hours of labour, by selected trades in selected cities of Canada, 1927
  Winnipeg Vancouver
  Wages per hour Hours per week Wages per hour Hours per week
  $ number $ number
Building trades        
Bricklayers 1.35 44 1.25 40
Carpenters 1.00 44 0.94 44
Electrical workers 1.00 44 1.00 44
Painters 0.85 44 0.88 44
Plasterers 1.25 44 1.25 40
Plumbers 1.13 44 1.13 40 to 44
Sheet metal workers 0.90 44 1.00 44
Stonecutters 1.10 to 1.125 44 1.00 to 1.125 40 to 44
Labourers 0.40 to 0.50 50 to 60 0.50 to 0.625 44
Metal trades        
Blacksmiths 0.60 to 0.80 44 to 50 0.75 to 0.825 44
Boilermakers 0.60 to 0.72 50 0.75 to 0.825 44
Machinists 0.60 to 0.70 44 to 50 0.75 to 0.815 44
Iron moulders 0.55 to 0.70 45 to 50 0.75 to 0.815 14
Electric railways        
Conductors and motormen 0.58 50 0.62 48
Linemen 0.90 44 0.94 44
Shedmen 0.515 to 0.59 40 0.55 to 0.65 44 to 48
Electricians 0.61 40 0.74 44
Trackmen and labourers 0.36 to 0.51 44 0.515 to 0.56 44
  Wages per week Hours per week Wages per week Hours per week
  $ number $ number
Printing Trade        
Compositors, machine and hand, news 45.00 46 48.00 45
Compositors, machine and hand, job 39.60 44 to 48 42.00 44 to 48
Pressmen, news 43.75 48 48.00 48
Pressmen, job 39.60 44 to 48 42.00 44 to 48
Bookbinders 35.20 to 42.00 44 to 48 42.00 44 to 48
Bindery girls 12.00 to 18.00 44 to 48 21.00 44 to 48
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.