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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, 1929 to 1944
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| 1939 compared with 1929 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Employees | Salaries and wages | Gross value of products | |
| % | |||
| Vegetable products | 9.2 | 8.8 | -15.8 |
| Animal products | 2.5 | 9.9 | -3.3 |
| Textile products | 16.5 | 12.8 | -2.6 |
| Wood and paper products | -12.0 | -14.0 | -20.0 |
| Iron and its products | -15.2 | -22.2 | -30.0 |
| Non-ferrous metals | 11.8 | 9.5 | 46.7 |
| Non-metallic minerals | -21.3 | -22.8 | -9.4 |
| Chemicals | 35.3 | 39.4 | 15.2 |
| Miscellaneous products | 13.9 | 4.7 | -15.3 |
| Average, all industries | -1.3 | -5.1 | -10.5 |
| Note: The highest pre-depression year was 1929, while the lowest depression year was 1933. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||
