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Male wage-earners in the 40 leading industries working specified weekly hours in month of highest employment, 1914

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Male wage-earners in the 40 leading industries working specified weekly hours in month of highest employment, 1914
	Hours worked per week
	30 or less	31 to 43	44	45 to 47	48	49 to 50
	number
Shipbuilding and repairs	3,218	7,271	19,617	5,861	10,067	3,122
Aircraft	2,445	5,524	815	4,178	11,251	2,051
Sawmills	1,409	1,797	1,598	1,225	12,651	2,341
Pulp and paper	1,653	2,352	578	1,343	11,375	1,994
Railway rolling-stock	479	3,370	8,360	1,952	9,718	1,748
Primary iron and steel	1,113	3,589	1,345	1,727	10,539	1,210
Miscellaneous chemical products	1,346	3,088	947	1,559	10,622	1,232
Miscellaneous iron and steel products	306	3,510	804	2,311	6,308	2,082
Electrical apparatus and supplies	937	1,918	214	2,630	2,316	6,581
Non-ferrous metal smelting and refining	506	1,302	212	1,365	16,710	368
Machinery	758	1,786	859	1,430	1,154	3,293
Automobiles	656	2,308	1,378	2,692	9,062	896
Bread and other bakery products	943	515	470	599	3,847	1,584
Slaughtering and meat packing	321	1,657	501	1,231	3,171	2,870
Automobile supplies	867	1,698	542	1,727	2,007	2,371
Castings, iron	645	1,370	901	1,299	1,643	2,143
Rubber goods, including rubber footwear	907	2,170	509	1,458	2,299	1,848
Brass and copper products	970	1,960	906	813	2,464	1,821
Cotton yarn and cloth	221	218	32	183	2,384	7,066
Hardware, tools and cutlery	639	974	809	880	1,006	1,839
Sheet metal products	774	1,368	1,093	1,135	1,842	2,220
Furniture	689	1,067	1,075	3,236	732	1,085
Agricultural implements	226	665	302	2,171	4,430	629
Planing mills, sash and door factories	720	797	1,208	672	874	1,909
Boots and shoes, leather	530	1,327	776	1,749	976	1,899
Printing and publishing	676	2,128	1,322	1,094	1,706	395
Bridge and structural steel	599	792	1,290	1,145	317	2,347
Printing and bookbinding	568	989	3,143	844	904	335
Fruit and vegetable preparations	4,717	1,568	282	647	450	675
Clothing, men's, factory	185	1,869	2,848	429	1,055	298
Hosiery and knitted goods	263	419	223	732	1,672	1,026
Acids, alkalies and salts	234	402	313	187	3,392	150
Machine shops	715	735	797	539	756	920
Silk and artificial silk	270	549	113	443	742	1,582
Petroleum products	108	846	1,956	141	1,746	104
Heating and cooking apparatus	192	527	225	490	1,445	843
Breweries	283	239	740	303	552	387
Clothing, women's, factory	316	2,048	1,335	549	690	187
Flour and feed mills	296	272	201	139	1,601	343
Boxes, wooden	535	384	201	251	578	630
Total, 40 leading industries¹	35,235	67,368	69,840	53,359	157,054	66,424
Total, all industries¹	15,414	83,293	76,141	67,306	182,798	80,878
	51 to 54	55	56 to 64	65 or older	Total wage-earners	Average hours worked per week
Shipbuilding and repairs	2,738	2,249	9,065	5,555	68,763	0.3
Aircraft	14,313	3,321	8,837	3,602	56,337	50.6
Sawmills	8,167	2,478	30,035	1,419	63,120	54.1
Pulp and paper	4,072	765	6,595	3,625	34,352	51.4
Railway rolling-stock	1,641	388	1,046	256	28,958	46.1
Primary iron and steel	2,319	1,090	5,442	1,219	29,593	49.3
Miscellaneous chemical products	7,947	298	1,830	759	29,628	48.2
Miscellaneous iron and steel products	1,831	717	5,335	3,477	27,681	50.9
Electrical apparatus and supplies	3,916	1,697	1,868	489	23,566	48.8
Non-ferrous metal smelting and refining	451	76	1,368	119	22,477	47.7
Machinery	3,628	2,450	3,677	1,054	21,089	50.8
Automobiles	1,537	132	914	54	19,629	46.3
Bread and other bakery products	4,017	1,425	3,433	335	17,168	50.4
Slaughtering and meat packing	2,696	924	2,147	522	17,040	48.4
Automobile supplies	2,196	821	2,325	629	15,183	49.1
Castings, iron	1,979	846	2,188	1,394	14,408	50.7
Rubber goods, including rubber footwear	2,189	406	1,431	275	13,492	47.0
Brass and copper products	2,093	311	2,166	787	14,291	48.6
Cotton yarn and cloth	407	851	506	234	12,102	49.8
Hardware, tools and cutlery	1,530	2,037	2,345	655	12,714	50.8
Sheet metal products	1,321	813	1,225	602	12,393	48.3
Furniture	1,176	1,903	483	162	11,608	47.2
Agricultural implements	1,277	711	898	117	11,426	48.6
Planing mills, sash and door factories	1,274	883	2,272	300	10,909	49.6
Boots and shoes, leather	1,021	701	312	58	9,349	46.3
Printing and publishing	315	75	265	133	8,109	43.3
Bridge and structural steel	675	112	808	124	8,209	46.8
Printing and bookbinding	349	97	347	204	7,780	44.6
Fruit and vegetable preparations	964	599	3,141	4,449	17,492	49.0
Clothing, men's, factory	181	26	76	12	6,979	43.0
Hosiery and knitted goods	686	635	491	153	6,350	48.9
Acids, alkalies and salts	332	93	1,050	138	6,291	49.0
Machine shops	950	331	1,126	685	7,554	49.0
Silk and artificial silk	596	487	1,011	342	6,135	50.4
Petroleum products	312	35	316	71	5,635	45.7
Heating and cooking apparatus	515	236	796	164	5,583	49.3
Breweries	589	277	1,515	577	5,462	52.3
Clothing, women's, factory	143	16	43	4	5,331	41.5
Flour and feed mills	779	118	1,126	432	5,307	51.2
Boxes, wooden	566	1,149	332	284	5,410	49.8
Total, 40 leading industries¹	83,688	32,779	110,686	35,470	704,903	49.2
Total, all industries¹	100,621	42,214	128,751	42,618	850,034	49.1
Note: Includes overtime.
1. Those for butter and cheese and fish-curing and-packing, which are among the leading industries. Figures for these industries are not available.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.