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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
| 1933 compared with 1929 | 1939 compared with 1929 | 1944 compared with 1939 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | Salaries and wages | Gross value of products | Employees | Salaries and wages | Gross value of products | Employees | Salaries and wages | Gross value of products | |
| 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 |
| Note: The highest pre-depression year was 1929, while the lowest depression year was 1933. | |||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||||||||
