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Number of persons employed in the fisheries of Canada and in processing establishments connected therewith, 1933 to 1935

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Number of persons employed in the fisheries of Canada and in processing establishments connected therewith, 1933 to 1935
  Fisheries
  Sea fisheries Island fisheries
  1933 1934 1935 1933 1934 1935
  number
Steam trawlers 120 65 70 - - -
Vessels 4,509 4,840 4,948 468 * *
Boats 46,240 48,505 47,845 7,461 8,292 8,252
Carrying smacks and collecting vessels 865 851 901 9 134 123
Fishing, not in boats 3,011 3,278 3,069 2,823 2,669 3,349
Total, fishermen 54,745 57,539 56,833 10,761 11,095 11,724
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.