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Percentage distribution of the gainfully occupied 10 years of age or over, classifled according to sex, by occupation groups, for the provinces, 1931

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Percentage distribution of the gainfully occupied 10 years of age or over, classifled according to sex, by occupation groups, for the provinces, 1931
  Quebec Ontario
  Total Male Female Total Male Female
  %
Agriculture 22.5 27.4 2.3 22.7 27.2 2.7
Fishing, logging 2.2 2.7 * 1.1 1.4 0.1
Mining, quarrying 0.6 0.7 * 1.1 1.4 *
Manufacturing 14.4 13.4 18.5 16.1 16.5 14.4
Construction 6.1 7.6 * 5.7 7.0 *
Transportation 7.2 8.1 3.3 8.6 9.5 4.5
Trade 8.1 8.4 7.0 8.9 8.9 8.8
Finance, insurance 0.9 1.1 * 1.1 1.3 0.1
Service 17.9 9.5 51.8 16.3 9.5 46.2
Clerical 6.5 4.7 13.7 7.5 4.3 21.7
Labourers2 13.7 16.2 3.4 10.9 13.1 1.4
All occupations 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.