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Index numbers of employment as reported by employers in leading cities, as of the first of each month, January 1935 to December 1936, with yearly averages since 1922
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| Montréal | Québec | Toronto | Ottawa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ||||
| Average, 1922 | 86.0 | - | 96.1 | - |
| Average, 1923 | 92.7 | - | 98.0 | 107.2 |
| Average, 1924 | 93.0 | 99.6 | 94.3 | 102.3 |
| Average, 1925 | 94.2 | 97.9 | 95.7 | 100.1 |
| Average, 19261 | 99.7 | 99.1 | 99.6 | 100.0 |
| Average, 1927 | 103.0 | 111.3 | 105.7 | 107.7 |
| Average, 1928 | 108.2 | 119.9 | 112.1 | 115.8 |
| Average, 1929 | 115.3 | 124.2 | 121.3 | 120.7 |
| Average, 1930 | 111.8 | 125.3 | 116.3 | 123.1 |
| Average, 1931 | 102.5 | 122.2 | 107.7 | 119.5 |
| Average, 1933 | 88.1 | 101.8 | 95.2 | 99.3 |
| Average, 1933 | 81.0 | 95.1 | 87.5 | 90.2 |
| Average, 1934 | 84.5 | 95.1 | 93.5 | 99.5 |
| 1935 | ||||
| January 1 | 84.8 | 88.9 | 95.8 | 97.5 |
| February 1 | 81.6 | 90.0 | 93.0 | 98.2 |
| March 1 | 86.3 | 94.0 | 94.0 | 99.0 |
| April 1 | 83.8 | 93.4 | 94.8 | 99.3 |
| May 1 | 86.3 | 96.7 | 96.7 | 101.3 |
| June 1 | 87.2 | 95.8 | 97.9 | 103.5 |
| July 1 | 86.8 | 99.0 | 97.7 | 106.2 |
| August 1 | 87.2 | 100.9 | 97.2 | 104.3 |
| September 1 | 88.7 | 102.8 | 98.7 | 103.9 |
| October 1 | 91.5 | 101.8 | 101.1 | 105.6 |
| November 1 | 91.7 | 100.5 | 101.7 | 104.0 |
| December 1 | 91.9 | 99.0 | 100.8 | 103.6 |
| Average, 1935 | 87.3 | 96.9 | 97.5 | 102.2 |
| 1936 | ||||
| January 1 | 86.4 | 93.5 | 100.6 | 103.2 |
| February 1 | 87.6 | 92.0 | 96.4 | 99.5 |
| March 1 | 87.5 | 93.3 | 97.8 | 101.4 |
| April 1 | 88.3 | 91.7 | 98.7 | 103.1 |
| May 1 | 92.7 | 95.8 | 100.2 | 107.7 |
| June 1 | 93.7 | 96.8 | 101.1 | 108.2 |
| July 1 | 93.5 | 94.5 | 101.4 | 110.0 |
| August 1 | 92.2 | 96.5 | 101.3 | 107.4 |
| September 1 | 94.3 | 97.9 | 103.4 | 111.2 |
| October 1 | 95.6 | 98.1 | 105.5 | 110.9 |
| November 1 | 94.6 | 97.1 | 105.9 | 108.8 |
| December 1 | 98.3 | 95.2 | 105.7 | 104.3 |
| Average, 1936 | 92.1 | 95.2 | 101.5 | 106.3 |
| Relative weights, by cities, as on December 1, 19362 | 14.1 | 1.2 | 12.6 | 1.4 |
| Note: These indexes are calculated upon the average for the calendar year 1926 as 100. The relative weight shows the proportion of employees reported in the indicated city to the total reported by all employers making returns in Canada on December 1, 1936. | ||||
| 1. As the average for the calendar year 1926, including figures up to December 31, 1926, is the base used in computing these indexes, the average index here shown for the 12 months, January 1 to December 1, 1926, generally shows a slight variation from 100. | ||||
| 2. Percentages of Dominion total. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | ||||
