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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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Rates of wages and hours of labour in various trades and for unskilled factory labour in certain cities of Canada, 1936
  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
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.