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Rates of wages and hours of labour in various trades and for unskilled factory labour in certain cities of Canada, 1936
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| Halifax | Montréal | Toronto | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages per hour | Hours per week | Wages per hour | Hours per week | Wages per hour | Hours per week | |
| $ | number | $ | number | $ | number | |
| Building trades | ||||||
| Bricklayers and masons | 0.975 | 44 | 0.70 to 0.90 | 40 to 48 | 0.90 | 40 |
| Carpenters | 0.60 | 44 | 0.60 to 0.70 | 40 to 48 | 0.80 | 40 |
| Electrical workers | 0.80 | 44 | 0.65 to 0.70 | 40 to 48 | 1.00 | 40 |
| Painters | 0.50 to 0.55 | 44 | 0.60 | 40 to 48 | 0.75 | 40 |
| Plasterers | 0.70 to 0.80 | 44 | 0.70 to 0.80 | 40 to 48 | 0.90 | 40 |
| Plumbers | 0.75 | 44 | 0.65 to 0.75 | 40 to 48 | 0.90 | 40 |
| Sheet-metal workers | 0.65 to 0.70 | 44 | 0.60 to 0.70 | 40 to 44 | 0.83 | 40 |
| Stonecutters | 0.70 | 44 | 0.50 to 0.75 | 40 to 44 | 0.88 | 40 |
| Labourers | 0.30 to 0.40 | 44 to 48 | 0.35 to 0.40 | 40 to 48 | 0.50 to 0.60 | 40 to 48 |
| Metal trades | ||||||
| Blacksmiths | 0.585 to 0.80 | 40 to 44 | 0.40 to 0.80 | 40 to 55 | 0.50 to 0.70 | 40 to 54 |
| Boilermakers | 0.55 to 0.80 | 40 to 44 | 0.50 to 0.80 | 40 to 50 | 0.55 to 0.70 | 40 to 44 |
| Machinists | 0.585 to 0.80 | 40 to 44 | 0.50 to 0.75 | 40 to 55 | 0.50 to 0.80 | 40 to 50 |
| Moulders | 0.60 to 0.65 | 44 to 48 | 0.50 to 0.65 | 40 to 50 | 0.50 to 0.80 | 40 to 50 |
| Wages per week | Hours per week | Wages per week | Hours per week | Wages per week | Hours per week | |
| $ | number | $ | number | $ | number | |
| Printing trades | ||||||
| Compositors, machine and hand, news | 32.00 | 48 | 36.00 to 45.50 | 48 | 47.00 to 50.00 | 46.5 |
| Compositors, machine and hand, job | 25.00 to 33.45 | 44 to 48 | 31.20 to 40.00 | 44 to 48 | 33.00 to 40.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Pressmen, news | 24.00 to 34.00 | 48 | 32.00 to 43.00 | 48 | 46.00 to 50.00 | 48 |
| Pressmen, job | 24.25 to 31.00 | 44 to 48 | 31.20 to 36.00 | 44 to 48 | 33.00 to 40.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Bookbinders | 27.00 to 35.00 | 44 to 48 | 31.20 to 36.00 | 48 | 33.00 to 40.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Bindery girls | 11.00 | 44 to 48 | 12.50 to 15.00 | 48 | 12.00 to 18.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Wages per hour | Hours per week | Wages per hour | Hours per week | Wages per hour | Hours per week | |
| $ | number | $ | number | $ | number | |
| Electric railways | ||||||
| Conductors and motormen1 | 0.58 | 60 | 0.51 | 54 | 0.60 | 44 |
| Linemen | 0.53 to 0.74 | 44 | 0.47 to 0.51 | 40 to 48 | 0.72 to 0.78 | 44 |
| Shop and barn | 0.48 to 0.74 | 44 to 56 | 0.34 to 0.58 | 40 | 0.54 to 0.81 | 44 |
| Electricians | 0.69 to 0.74 | 44 | 0.51 to 0.61 | 40 | 0.60 to 0.79 | 44 to 48 |
| Trackmen and labourers | 0.35 to 0.47 | 44 | 0.31 | 48 | 0.45 to 0.58 | 48 |
| Unskilled factory labour | 0.30 to 0.40 | 44 to 55 | 0.225 to 0.50 | 32 to 60 | 0.20 to 0.50 | 25 to 54 |
| Note: For statistics of the wages and hours of employees of steam railways and wages of employees in and about coal mines in Canada, see pp. 751 to 752 of the Canada Year Book, 1930, where the rates, etc., for the past seven or eight years, to 1929, are given. Wages in coal mines of Nova Scotia were reduced 10% in 1932, and in Drumheller, Alta., in 1933; in 1935 in both districts 5% was restored. On steam railways deductions of 10% were in effect during 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936; 15% in 1934; running trades 20% for six months in 1933. In editions of the the Canada Year Book, prior to 1933, a table showing the wages and hours of common labour in factories for certain cities was given in this section. The information for 1936 can be found on p. 54 of "Wages and Hours of Labour in Canada", published as a supplement to the Labour Gazette for January 1937. Or the five cities of Table 2 it is included under sub-heading 5 of the stub. | ||||||
| 1. Maximum rates based on length of service; Halifax rate for one-man cars; $0.05 extra for one-man car operators in Montréal, Toronto, and Winnipeg; Vancouver $0.06 extra. | ||||||
| 2. Deduction of 5% 1932 to 1934; 2.5% in 1935; no deduction in 1936. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | ||||||
