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Summary statistics of manufactures, by industrial groups, significant years, 1917 to 1945

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Summary statistics of manufactures, by industrial groups, significant years, 1917 to 1945
  Establishments Capital Employees Salaries and wages
  number $ number $
Vegetable products        
1917 4,151 279,627,827 62,777 45,915,557
1920 4,549 402,383,047 74,241 77,750,189
1922 4,638 379,567,139 64,753 66,228,286
19292 5,350 581,820,861 91,032 95,853,121
1933 5,916 522,389,736 75,416 68,535,349
1937 5,968 539,531,357 94,258 94,632,901
1939 5,872 539,446,225 99,447 104,248,785
1940 5,861 586,790,195 103,634 111,915,850
1943 5,913 684,292,303 117,243 157,733,379
1944 5,941 * 130,679 183,943,948
1945 5,862 * 135,311 196,010,688
Animal products        
1917 5,486 207,165,245 46,994 35,753,133
1920 4,823 221,792,457 48,687 54,291,606
1922 5,118 201,829,414 49,595 49,933,679
19292 4,490 243,825,065 67,670 62,081,423
1933 4,496 201,993,642 53,111 46,453,188
1937 4,435 230,312,163 67,996 64,816,361
1939 4,362 250,335,831 69,358 68,231,871
1940 4,250 261,794,531 73,666 75,226,038
1943 4,380 324,811,863 88,037 114,467,581
1944 4,388 * 94,195 129,215,389
1945 4,470 * 98,267 138,405,263
Textiles and textile products        
1917 1,067 191,338,745 76,978 47,764,436
1920 1,304 302,758,185 87,730 84,433,609
1922 10,891 259,324,870 80,558 69,685,529
19292 1,534 360,762,584 103,881 94,969,433
1933 1,740 298,730,436 95,707 72,813,424
1937 1,941 322,204,180 121,677 105,056,051
1939 1,930 347,248,927 121,022 107,117,035
1940 1,958 394,493,058 138,973 133,136,316
1943 2,384 455,056,029 157,987 191,305,628
1944 2,481 * 153,122 195,805,681
1945 2,740 * 158,148 207,629,471
Wood and paper products        
1917 7,263 536,320,247 152,277 113,359,997
1920 7,881 774,937,232 144,391 172,368,578
1922 6,966 761,020,831 118,364 132,092,249
19292 7,392 1,151,463,962 164,572 192,088,948
1933 7,891 892,652,622 105,080 102,218,652
1937 8,497 927,070,757 147,254 165,298,485
1939 8,538 960,804,672 144,782 165,287,455
1940 9,276 1,021,849,742 160,868 193,765,595
1943 9,974 1,103,984,216 183,865 264,844,792
1944 10,452 * 189,674 284,436,559
1945 10,653 * 199,373 306,179,416
Iron and its products        
1917 1,495 695,677,552 161,745 161,875,424
1920 1,789 726,371,335 164,087 231,595,011
1922 1,083 567,011,222 78,565 95,443,053
19292 1,224 826,063,942 142,772 203,740,558
1933 1,334 614,632,403 73,348 72,296,179
1937 1,345 651,398,528 127,148 163,261,130
1939 1,394 697,893,720 121,041 158,559,728
1940 1,433 837,382,032 164,325 242,737,569
1943 2,044 1,852,506,052 435,744 833,383,684
1944 2,192 * 411,944 818,452,454
1945 2,188 * 321,719 637,335,990
Non-ferrous metal products        
1917 296 69,421,911 18,220 15,898,890
1920 324 109,382,033 23,162 27,895,343
1922 325 102,208,275 18,222 21,451,629
19292 408 298,721,106 39,867 54,501,806
1933 478 266,266,443 25,273 28,099,026
1937 526 306,522,643 44,614 57,722,728
1939 526 346,489,890 44,563 59,684,858
1940 545 425,766,853 54,317 75,655,811
1943 597 674,802,402 109,522 186,874,396
1944 635 * 104,314 182,909,292
1945 683 * 88,350 158,358,737
Non-metallic mineral products        
1917 1,075 145,423,082 20,795 18,224,724
1920 846 215,281,921 25,500 32,351,764
1922 812 230,486,004 20,932 25,401,278
19292 843 316,692,818 29,257 38,958,390
1933 770 295,139,543 16,975 19,282,401
1937 823 287,473,542 23,837 30,389,958
1939 809 290,865,285 23,026 30,067,934
1940 804 309,092,155 25,415 34,897,235
1943 747 351,164,254 30,994 53,282,340
1944 748 * 31,590 56,130,338
1945 789 * 32,525 57,193,679
Chemicals and allied products        
1917 539 175,836,690 56,153 51,505,484
1920 464 122,123,730 17,653 22,193,421
1922 469 118,025,483 14,082 16,770,503
19292 554 165,888,912 16,694 22,639,449
1933 696 153,900,930 15,397 18,738,629
1937 754 161,165,068 21,968 28,612,719
1939 808 172,459,365 22,595 31,567,558
1940 804 213,610,510 27,682 38,640,990
1943 945 759,864,951 92,288 146,677,194
1944 981 * 81,822 137,422,977
1945 973 * 60,723 106,017,985
Miscellaneous industries        
1917 473 33,179,930 10,584 7,504,199
1920 552 48,637,071 13,442 14,613,455
1922 516 48,020,052 11,185 12,391,024
19292 421 59,654,759 10,786 12,457,989
1933 459 33,554,083 8,351 7,810,976
1937 545 39,549,593 11,699 11,936,704
1939 566 41,480,534 12,280 13,045,929
1940 582 44,937,760 13,364 14,897,461
1943 668 110,684,657 25,388 38,723,390
1944 665 * 25,542 41,304,732
1945 692 * 24,956 38,642,220
* Information not collected.
1. In accordance with a resolution passed by the Conference of British Commonwealth Statisticians, 1935, the net value of production is now computed by subtracting the cost of fuel and electricity and the cost of materials from the gross value of the products. The figures for 1924 and later years have been revised in accordance with this resolution. The revision could not be carried farther back as statistics for cost of electricity are not available for years prior to 1924.
2. A change in the method of computing the number of wage-earners in the years 1925 to 1930, inclusive, increased the number some what over that which the method otherwise used would have given. In 1931, however, the method in force prior to 1925 was re-adopted. The figures for 1931 and later years are, therefore, comparable to those for 1924 and earlier years.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.
Date modified: 2009-08-07

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