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Hours worked per week by wage-earners working specified weekly hours in month of highest employment, by province and industrial group, 1944
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| Males | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 or less | 31 to 43 | 44 | 45 to 47 | 48 | 49 to 50 | |
| number | ||||||
| Canada2 | 45,414 | 83,293 | 76,141 | 67,306 | 182,798 | 80,878 |
| Prince Edward Island | 6 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 128 | 44 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,507 | 2,481 | 3,549 | 1,302 | 8,174 | 1,341 |
| New Brunswick | 894 | 1,178 | 1,913 | 738 | 2,755 | 2,126 |
| Quebec | 11,603 | 25,833 | 14,465 | 18,568 | 57,775 | 26,314 |
| Ontario | 24,599 | 39,871 | 23,140 | 36,684 | 78,774 | 43,492 |
| Manitoba | 1,620 | 2,791 | 5,299 | 2,006 | 6,795 | 3,078 |
| Saskatchewan | 514 | 715 | 508 | 508 | 1,637 | 1,030 |
| Alberta | 824 | 1,582 | 1,916 | 991 | 3,235 | 1,567 |
| British Columbia | 3,844 | 8,815 | 25,312 | 6,495 | 23,468 | 1,886 |
| Yukon and Northwest Territories | 3 | 1 | - | - | 57 | - |
| Industrial Group | ||||||
| Vegetable products | 9,547 | 7,436 | 3,702 | 5,328 | 13,409 | 6,867 |
| Animal products1 | 2,608 | 4,636 | 2,457 | 4,073 | 5,719 | 6,414 |
| Textiles and textile products | 2,353 | 6,955 | 5,868 | 3,758 | 8,634 | 12,974 |
| Wood and paper products | 8,416 | 12,538 | 12,155 | 11,152 | 31,884 | 11,667 |
| Iron and its products | 15,040 | 36,421 | 40,727 | 30,380 | 72,720 | 28,652 |
| Non-ferrous metal products | 2,855 | 6,200 | 3,239 | 5,653 | 23,854 | 9,635 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 1,231 | 2,536 | 3,397 | 1,183 | 8,061 | 1,361 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 2,426 | 5,159 | 2,721 | 3,004 | 16,856 | 2,144 |
| Miscellaneous industries | 938 | 1,412 | 1,875 | 2,775 | 1,661 | 1,164 |
| 51 to 54 | 55 | 56 to 64 | 65 or Older | Total wage-earners | Average hours worked per week | |
| number | ||||||
| Canada1 | 100,621 | 42,214 | 128,751 | 42,618 | 850,031 | 40.1 |
| Prince Edward Island | 218 | 39 | 117 | 227 | 858 | 56.3 |
| Nova Scotia | 3,441 | 905 | 6,363 | 1,848 | 30,911 | 50.0 |
| New Brunswick | 3,616 | 510 | 4,971 | 959 | 19,660 | 51.1 |
| Quebec | 37,517 | 20,198 | 61,236 | 21,359 | 294,868 | 81.1 |
| Ontario | 45,906 | 18,755 | 44,438 | 15,781 | 371,440 | 48.1 |
| Manitoba | 2,537 | 459 | 2,909 | 716 | 28,210 | 47.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,289 | 351 | 2,788 | 328 | 9,668 | 50.9 |
| Alberta | 2,849 | 441 | 2,855 | 373 | 16,633 | 48.9 |
| British Columbia | 3,248 | 556 | 3,059 | 1,023 | 77,706 | 45.2 |
| Yukon and Northwest Territories | - | - | 15 | 4 | 80 | 50.3 |
| Industrial group | ||||||
| Vegetable products | 11,774 | 4,243 | 14,795 | 8,176 | 85,277 | 49.4 |
| Animal products1 | 5,348 | 2,437 | 3,481 | 896 | 38,069 | 47.6 |
| Textiles and textile products | 4,269 | 4,133 | 4,789 | 1,632 | 55,365 | 48.0 |
| Wood and paper products | 18,765 | 9,641 | 44,111 | 7,202 | 167,531 | 50.7 |
| Iron and its products | 39,539 | 17,716 | 47,401 | 20,237 | 348,833 | 49.1 |
| Non-ferrous metal products | 7,760 | 2,286 | 6,078 | 1,524 | 69,084 | 48.2 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 2,763 | 684 | 3,339 | 1,215 | 25,770 | 48.5 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 9,113 | 605 | 4,071 | 1,429 | 47,528 | 48.0 |
| Miscellaneous industries | 1,290 | 469 | 686 | 307 | 12,577 | 46.1 |
| Note: Includes overtime. | ||||||
| 1. Exclusive of dairy factories and fish-curing and -packing plants. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||||
