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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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| Hours worked per week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 to 54 | 55 | 56 to 64 | 65 or older | Total wage-earners | Average hours worked per week | |
| number | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
