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Principal statistics of the manufacturing industries of Canada, classified by main groups, by significant years 1922 to 1944 and classified in detail, 1944

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Principal statistics of the manufacturing industries of Canada, classified by main groups, by significant years 1922 to 1944 and classified in detail, 1944
  Establish-ments Capital Employees Salaries and wages Cost of materials Gross value of products
  number $ number $
1922            
Food 8,256 343,867,673 66,815 67,738,707 490,31,438 673,794,031
Drink and tobacco 496 104,047,461 13,402 13,777,986 33,027,203 99,529,819
Clothing 659 166,336,319 63,441 59,056,687 117,015,780 221,903,467
Personal utilities 936 56,060,262 16,904 17,080,049 21,879,031 57,258,476
House furnishings 600 75,16S,053 18,032 19,861,883 24,956,960 62,961,050
Books and stationery 1,557 82,240,691 28,103 36,920,804 27,190,071 99,118,969
Vehicles and vessels 1,154 191,257,804 30,067 37,237,412 87,840,814 160,624,079
Producers materials 5,588 1,086,692,015 143,354 147,581,011 316,400,400 666,241,271
Industrial equipment 1,740 556,862,578 75,269 89,081,303 160,035,399 338,882,958
Miscellaneous 30 4,960,434 869 1,061,388 2,964,354 4,916,418
Total, 1922 21,016 2,667,493,290 456,256 489,397,230 1,382,041,4501 2,385,230,5381
1929            
Food 8,351 463,984,558 94,707 87,960,036 597,396,238 837,986,384
Drink and tobacco 599 201,365,785 18,976 21,670,376 65,440,053 208,968,998
Clothing 1,680 223,376,104 93,935 88,914,849 172,726,557 336,452,685
Personal utilities 380 56,155,234 11,148 13,595,331 29,389,246 61,191,750
House furnishings 600 76,185,921 20,857 23,248,775 34,293,465 77,811,331
Books and stationery 1,917 144,222,275 38,141 56,003,183 45,384,362 155,947,960
Vehicles and vessels 781 310,942,038 61,835 91,239,185 243,258,350 407,947,648
Producers materials 6,227 1,776,758,115 223,071 258,255,079 524,193,104 1,154,908,260
Industrial equipment 1,576 719,112,914 99,922 131,820,142 304,581,449 614,827,756
Miscellaneous 105 32,789,065 3,939 4,584,261 13,007,989 27,403,344
Total, 1929 22,216 4,004,892,009 666,531 777,291,217 2,029,670,813 3,883,446,116
1933            
Food 8,759 408,995,499 75,434 68,652,798 313,760,942 492,729,174
Drink and tobacco 670 185,612,678 18,289 17,620,141 40,454,300 98,409,638
Clothing 1,922 143,382,092 75,363 56,001,234 103,209,050 194,627,734
Personal utilities 601 39,681,900 8,938 8,616,372 15,323,848 35,589,961
House furnishings 654 66,047,002 15,587 12,887,200 16,022,584 38,684,649
Books and stationery 2,170 132,507,101 34,300 42,830,661 28,818,380 103,477,707
Vehicles and vessels 479 232,153,543 37,618 35,725,625 56,917,292 120,992,781
Producers materials 6,564 1,459,569,284 139,734 126,208,238 252,383,314 573,991,467
Industrial equipment 1,819 588,147,285 60,061 64,155,426 133,382,392 277,075,032
Miscellaneous 142 23,163,454 3,334 3,544,129 7,516,826 18,497,642
Total, 1933 23,780 3,279,259,838 468,658 436,247,824 967,788,928 1,954,075,785
1937            
Food 8,696 441,611,585 96,740 94,656,930 558,118,480 792,271,852
Drink and tobacco 668 187,487,631 21,646 24,398,981 68,935,399 152,152,105
Clothing 2,158 173,474,299 95,274 79,547,935 148,901,374 271,690.92
Personal utilities 634 43,476,516 12,420 12,729,626 28,185,411 55,289,473
House furnishings 800 89,293,123 27,446 27,169,931 41,836,387 90,102.40
Books and stationery 2,349 137,392,420 40,348 53,453,842 44,257,314 138,673,644
Vehicles and vessels 376 248,949,257 55,141 71,890,706 186,070,917 319,280,634
Producers materials 6,892 1,482,194,043 208,930 232,733,013 634,232,482 1,221,670,588
Industrial equipment 2,086 629,908,231 97,250 119,070,287 280,546,886 551,891,976
Miscellaneous 175 31,440,726 5,256 6,075,786 15,842,137 32,436,014
Total, 1937 24,831 3,465,227,831 660,151 721,727,037 2,006,926,787 3,035,161,500
1939            
Food 8,529 451,298,489 99,983 101,904,518 526,619,353 784,072,722
Drink and tobacco 657 190,313,279 23,489 27,051,038 74,295,571 164,812,439
Clothing 2,178 187,495,826 97,220 83,762,588 146,201,614 275.567,762
Personal utilities 623 46,866,657 12,623 13,771,704 26,408,179 57,043,684
House furnishings 767 93,773,837 27,647 28,417,336 40,528,394 88.800,804
Books and stationery 2,452 143,293,147 41,8,04 56,466,921 47,916,777 144,283,052
Vehicles and vessels 364 269,734,181 54,673 72,238,590 141,704,269 266,089,493
Producers materials 7,095 1,580,602,852 201,849 229,381,185 559,816,486 1,130,510,177
Industrial equipment 1,957 650,305,878 93,235 117,754,260 257,416,596 528,678,421
Miscellaneous 183 33,340,303 5,591 7,063,013 15,252,136 34,919,974
Total, 1939 24,805 3,647,024,419 658,114 737,811,153 1,836,159,375 3,471,783,538
1943            
Food 8,421 592,585,732 123,531 159,966,391 1,094,856,728 1,464,737.99
Drink and tobacco 647 242,927,173 28,044 40,435,534 99,602,633 238,506,471
Clothing 2,592 244,217,485 119,715 141,914,240 292,357,250 523,922,505
Personal utilities 730 68,356,782 18,059 24,516,425 50,345,687 104.512,662
House furnishings 881 121,791,799 38,472 54,067,442 80,661,310 178,461,622
Books and stationery 2,476 159,733,494 45,647 71,581,405 72,022,230 204,779,758
Vehicles and vessels 385 816,203,889 217,970 425,756,663 587,491,411 1,272,121,963
Producers materials 8,554 2,503,815,480 361,570 582,769,064 1,449,892,836 2,748,227,057
Industrial equipment 2,724 1,051,234,389 223,783 387,609,582 707,744,312 1,492,541,620
Miscellaneous 242 516,300,504 64,277 98,675,638 255,518,686 605,049,448
Total, 1943 27,652 6,317,166,727 1,241,068 1,987,292,384 4,690,493,083 8,732,860,999
1944            
Food 8,435 * 136,747 183,795,031 1,271,356,037 1,702,330,839
Drink and tobacco 635 * 28,566 44,140,376 118,406,602 281,731,695
Clothing 2,713 * 117,056 146,623,855 284,018,437 529.230,834
Personal utilities 758 * 18,922 26,130,683 54,417,448 115,502,040
House furnishings 908 * 38,940 58,426,100 83,231,172 187,175,054
Books and stationery 2,468 * 47,319 76,542,070 75,882,848 219,966,613
Vehicles and vessels 413 * 222,604 454,449,952 637,341,589 1,425,858,778
Producers materials 8,990 * 343,035 567,699,762 1,369,160,212 2,646,303,770
Industrial equipment 2,889 * 216,279 385,434,071 697,897,961 1,512,623,216
Miscellaneous 274 * 53,414 86,379,470 240,621,050 462,969,680
Total, 1944 28,483 - 1,222,882 2,029,621,370 4,832,333,356 4,073,692,619
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.