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Wage to earners in manufacturing, working specified numbers of hours per week in the month of highest employment, 1938 to 1944

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Wage to earners in manufacturing, working specified numbers of hours per week in the month of highest employment, 1938 to 1944
	1938	1939	1941	1942	1943	1944
	Total wage-earners
	number
Hours worked per week
30 or less	24,073	19,849	36,064	48,714	74,406	87,817
31 to 43	99,125	85,597	77,461	98,200	128,755	151,280
44	83,763	81,128	85,040	88,049	88,964	112,840
45 to 47	66,268	64,031	69,844	80,613	100,861	108,585
48	121,625	130,506	190,437	244,899	248,083	245,024
49 to 50	62,294	65,822	92,931	105,434	115,606	116,473
51 to 54	39,596	46,165	120,645	147,229	151,231	128,580
55	20,575	24,316	55,701	63,702	62,701	51,965
56 to 64	60,755	61,067	187,184	193,297	176,730	140,295
65 or over	8,755	8,478	63,913	73,590	60,665	46,046
Total, wage to earners	586,839	586,959	979,220	1,143,727	1,208,002	1,188,905
Average hours per week	46.7	47.2	50.6	50.2	48.8	47.5
	Males
	number
Hours worked per week
30 or less	15,439	12,868	23,635	30,166	39,985	45,414
31 to 43	75,842	64,780	50,969	59,146	68,530	83,293
44	59,983	57,667	60,062	58,342	53,563	76,141
45 to 47	47,877	45,703	43,554	47,403	62,701	67 306
48	97,287	103,636	149,612	182,783	185,913	182,798
49 to 50	45,981	48,378	63,541	70,870	75,975	80,878
51 to 54	33,744	37,439	90,044	106,657	114,739	100,621
55	16,493	19,766	43,431	48,996	49,194	42,214
56 to 64	56,171	56,837	165,242	171,775	158,657	128,751
65 or over	8,224	8,036	59,250	67,776	56,837	42,618
Total, wage to earners	457,041	455,110	749,340	843,914	866,091	850,034
Average hours per week	47.3	48.1	51.5	51.3	50.4	49.1
	Females
	number
Hours worked per week
30 or less	8,634	6,981	12,429	18,548	34,421	42,403
31 to 43	23,283	20,817	26,492	39,054	60,225	67,987
44	23,780	23,461	24,978	29,707	35,401	36,699
45 to 47	18,391	18,328	26,290	33,210	38,160	41,279
48	24,338	26,870	40,825	62,116	62,170	62,226
49 to 50	16,313	17,444	29,390	34,564	39,631	35,595
51 to 54	5,852	8,726	30,601	40,572	36,492	27,959
55	4,082	4,550	12,270	14,706	13,507	9,751
56 to 64	4,584	4,230	21,942	21,522	18,073	11,544
65 or over	531	442	4,663	5,814	3,828	3,428
Total, wage to earners	129,788	131,849	229,880	299,813	341,908	338,871
Average hours per week	44.6	45 .2	47.6	46.9	44.8	43.6
Notes: - Hours worked per week in 1932 to 1937 are given on p. 386 of the Canada year Book, 1942; hours worked per week in 1940 on p. 392 of the Canada Year Book, 1943/1944. - For 1938 and 1939, the hours worked do not include overtime, while for 1941 to 1944 overtime is included.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.