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Average annual salaries of school teachers, by provinces, 1926, 1930, 1935, or latest year reported

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Average annual salaries of school teachers, by provinces, 1926, 1930, 1935, or latest year reported
  1926 1930 1935
      Average Male Female
  $
Prince Edward Island          
  First class teachers 704 701 638 700 600
  Second class teachers 507 508 458 497 449
Nova Scotia          
  All teachers 673 741 724 985 680
  Rural and village schools 543 543 531 606 519
  City and town schools 888 1,079 1,046 1,598 951
New Brunswick          
  First class teachers 989 981 849 931 833
  Second class teachers 683 667 499 588 491
Quebec          
  Protestant schools 1,178 1,239 1,230 2,304 1,086
  Catholic lay teachers 449 509 1,566 331 481
  Catholic teachers in religious orders 420 432 581 372 430
Ontario          
  Public (elementary) schools 1,248 1,270 1,128 1,382 1,061
  Separate (elementary) schools 763 771 810 838 729
  Continuation schools 1,600 1,570 1,242 - -
  Collegiate institutes 2,580 2,688 2,457 - -
  High schools 2,100 2,188 1,798 - -
  Vocational schools 2,878 2,456 2,263 - -
Manitoba          
  All schools (median) 1,008 1,012 685 710 689
  One-room schools (median) 879 877 484 507 477
Saskatchewan          
  Urban elementary 1,287 1,316 914 1,147 784
  Rural elementary 1,055 1,076 465 519 443
  High schools and collegiate institutes 2,381 1,962 1,745 1,895 1,467
Alberta          
  All teachers 1,204 1,242 971 1,130 897
  First class teachers 1,386 1,439 1,072 1,270 952
  Second class teachers 1,118 1,138 855 869 849
British Columbia          
  All schools 1,430 1,528 1,300 - -
  Elementary schools 1,242 1,393 1,140 - -
  High schools 2,316 2,328 1,733 - -
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937.