Percentage variation in employment, salaries and wages, and gross value of products in the main industrial groups compared for significant years, 1829 to 1944
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Percentage variation in employment, salaries and wages, and gross value of products in the main industrial groups compared for significant years, 1829 to 1944
Vegetable products |
-17.2 |
-28.5 |
-44.8 |
9.2 |
0.0 |
-23.0 |
27.0 |
72.0 |
86.0 |
Animal products |
-21.5 |
-25.2 |
-43.3 |
2.5 |
9.9 |
-6.0 |
35.8 |
89.4 |
132.0 |
Textile products |
-7.9 |
-23.3 |
-30.7 |
16.5 |
4.0 |
-8.0 |
21.0 |
74.0 |
98.0 |
Wood and paper products |
-36.1 |
-46.8 |
-52.9 |
-12.0 |
-14.0 |
-200.0 |
31.0 |
71.0 |
82.0 |
Iron and its products |
-48.6 |
-64.5 |
-72.6 |
-15.3 |
-22.2 |
-30.0 |
237.0 |
414.0 |
358.0 |
Non-ferrous metals |
-36.6 |
-48.4 |
-41.9 |
11.8 |
9.5 |
39.0 |
133.0 |
201.0 |
133.0 |
Non-metallic minerals |
-42.0 |
-50.5 |
-42.8 |
-21.3 |
-22.8 |
-13.0 |
35.0 |
79.0 |
100.0 |
Chemicals |
-7.8 |
-17.2 |
-33.0 |
35.3 |
35.0 |
13.0 |
261.0 |
332.0 |
351.0 |
Miscellaneous products |
-22.6 |
-37.3 |
-52.9 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
-18.0 |
108.0 |
210.0 |
247.0 |
Average, all industries |
-29.7 |
-43.9 |
-49.7 |
-1.3 |
-5.1 |
-10.5 |
85.8 |
175.1 |
161.1 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. |