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Summary statistics of manufactures of each province, classified by industrial groups, 1944

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Summary statistics of manufactures of each province, classified by industrial groups, 1944
  Establish-ments Employees Salaries and wages Cost of materials Net value
of products
Gross value of products
  number $
Canada            
Vegetable products 5,941 130,679 183,943,948 763,606,750 485,551,491 1,270,518,297
Animal products 4,388 94,195 129,215,389 835,586,247 246,064,720 1,092,015,647
Textiles and textile products 2,481 153,122 195,805,681 419,988,642 351,186,488 781,771,688
Wood and paper products 10,452 189,674 284,436,559 497,656,158 550,826,986 1,093,725,822
Iron and its products 2,192 411,944 818,452,454 1,104,083,922 1,390,703,087 2,540,992,974
Non-ferrous metal products 635 104,314 182,909,292 549,317,062 399,498,519 992,345,975
Non-metallic mineral products 748 31,590 56,130,338 234,714,319 152,525,053 416,268,879
Chemicals and chemical products 981 81,822 137,422,977 360,412,749 355,260,598 733,569,232
Miscellaneous industries 665 25,542 41,304,732 66,967,507 84,159,068 152,484,005
Total 28,483 1,222,882 2,029,621,370 4,832,333,356 4,015,776,010 9,073,692,519
Prince Edward Island            
Vegetable products 41 311 274,643 914,430 598,921 1 563,245
Animal Products 102 715 489,969 4,494,471 1,317,544 5,870,046
Wood and paper products 87 358 269,127 307,164 464,307 787,296
Iron and its products 7 324 571,397 505,842 707,393 1,233,249
All other groups1 4 78 89,627 771,603 482,670 1,259 808
Totals 241 1,786 1,694,763 6,993,510 3,570,835 10,713,614
Nova Scotia            
Vegetable products 172 3,361 3,913,268 11,083,465 9,085,197 20,728,350
Animal products 219 3,688 3,979,819 19,158,760 8,160,996 27,685,124
Textiles and textile products 25 2,422 2,687,130 5,274,926 5,663,789 11,133,460
Wood and paper products 746 6,110 6,654,671 12,926,854 12,266,000 26,368,549
Iron and its products 77 20,391 39,351,937 32,512,969 51,075,080 87,071,066
Non-metallic mineral products 22 1,395 2,686,106 19,920,559 5,619,951 27,226,677
Chemicals and chemical products 15 385 600,345 2,468,706 1,418,409 3,999,551
Miscellaneous industries2 5 60 67,135 116,884 87,216 208,887
Total 1,281 37,812 59,940,411 103,463,123 93,376,638 204,421,664
New Brunswick            
Vegetable products 148 3,166 3,947,495 26,260,039 9,979,109 36,918,876
Animal products 184 2,853 2,694,235 14,560,503 5,012,496 19,890,034
Textiles and textile products 19 1,833 1,941,765 3,505,761 3,349,066 7,022,222
Wood and paper products 514 9,205 12,540,255 30,872,586 26,166,289 61,127,507
Iron and its products 39 4,743 9,207,032 4,504,534 14,218,964 19,073,167
Non-metallic mineral products 20 230 333,826 590,411 912,108 1,657,506
Chemicals and chemical products 7 286 420,975 2,785,490 1,054,709 3,872,447
Miscellaneous industries 6 848 1,259,497 914,275 1,565,737 2,544,818
Total 937 23,164 32,345,080 83,993,599 62,258,478 152,106,577
Quebec            
Vegetable products 1,858 39,151 52,593,105 184,136,986 132,429,534 321,657,994
Animal products 1,757 30,318 37,194,525 179,992,694 63,904,516 246,217,640
Textiles and textile products 1,319 83,777 105,125,498 229,847,322 195,155,721 430,934,363
Wood and paper products 3,402 61,239 88,651,354 171,537,347 183,267,705 377,488,895
Iron and its products 453 114,673 226,419,694 274,554,737 363,187,996 648,480,258
Non-ferrous metal products 157 35,535 62,248,375 226,970,120 155,205,908 404,055,401
Non-metallic mineral products 176 7,730 13,413,869 62,562,018 35,313,827 106,627,256
Chemicals and chemical products 325 46,443 75,469,476 153,999,527 209,155,252 370,363,933
Miscellaneous industries 209 5,249 7,040,157 10,652,302 12,898,675 23,859,443
Total 9,656 424,115 668,156,053 1,494,253,053 1,350,519,134 2,929,685,183
Ontario            
Vegetable products 2,509 65,121 95,979,079 386,677,531 253,517,977 651,705,186
Animal products 1,514 31,890 47,815,449 280,547,589 85,450,644 370,389,478
Textiles and textile products 933 58,242 78,170,055 156,182,276 133,317,170 293,593,419
Wood and paper products 2,971 70,548 109,253,058 173,471,996 204,618,757 390,418,343
Iron and its products 1,189 212,310 422,897,114 701,823,124 759,663,915 1,489,172,929
Non-ferrous metal products 402 63,302 110,444,525 281,010,267 228,161,322 526,157,444
Non-metallic mineral products 366 17,053 30,857,282 98,498,229 86,872,343 199,293,850
Chemicals and chemical products 510 28,597 49,928,255 182,170,295 114,452,605 304,317,467
Miscellaneous industries 337 17,329 29,693,243 49,966,551 63,989,180 114,749,668
Total 10,731 564,392 975,038,060 2,310,317,858 1,930,043,913 4,339,797,784
Manitoba            
Vegetable products 261 5,248 7,187,418 41,463,778 20,850,236 63,378,340
Animal products 198 7,936 12,016,571 117,819,948 28,222,136 146,813,111
Textiles and textile products 90 4,283 4,715,968 16,572,356 7,873,192 24,554,563
Wood and paper products 517 5,795 8,067,781 10,562,000 16,342,024 27,663,243
Iron and its products 89 12,286 22,268,527 17,537,270 32,041,393 50,769,829
Non-ferrous metal products 24 540 936,443 7,151,920 2,152,334 9,518,577
Non-metallic mineral products 37 984 1,468,767 4,703,135 3,838,989 9,529,409
Chemicals and chemical products 38 3,141 5,054,060 8,428,078 7,032,860 16,057,864
Miscellaneous industries 36 724 1,042,546 1,996,440 1,986,762 4,049,658
Total 1,290 40,937 62,758,081 226,231,925 120,339,926 352,334,594
Saskatchewan            
Vegetable products 184 2,293 3,240,738 31,316,355 9,168,352 41,120,272
Animal products 97 3,818 5.564,898 58,588,091 13,404,220 72,520,869
Textiles and textile products 5 49 55,264 1,054,340 150,801 1,216,999
Wood and paper products 689 3,329 3,338,128 4,317,024 6,474,884 11,046,349
Iron and its products 36 1,506 2,850,787 5,610,084 5,214,535 10,972,572
Non-metallic mineral products 27 784 1,511,650 15,693,986 4,194,076 20,910,769
Chemicals and chemical products 9 118 160,927 312,073 290,354 613,380
Miscellaneous industries 7 464 980,711 14,323,064 1,926,111 16,948,024
Total 1,054 12,361 17,703,103 131,215,017 40,833,333 175,349,234
Alberta            
Vegetable products 288 4,000 5,576,191 34,977,643 20,687,475 56,278,917
Animal products 149 6,307 9,308,449 104,371,431 20,499,061 125,506,481
Textiles and textile products 27 871 1,068,086 2,017,560 1,828,918 3,864,726
Wood and paper products 562 4,331 5,258,039 8,681,466 9,535,811 18,502,895
Iron and its products 63 4,001 7,708,715 5,377,379 10,340,747 16,038,988
Non-ferrous metal products 5 77 136,422 350,624 237,602 596,938
Non-metallic mineral products 42 1,890 2,939,297 14,916,622 10,163,179 26,089,057
Chemicals and chemical products 16 508 940,470 988,671 3,657,309 5,190,555
Miscellaneous industries 13 201 292,060 401,141 465,651 881,337
Totals 1,165 22,186 33,227,729 172,082,537 77,415,753 252,949,891
British Columbia            
Vegetable products 479 8,026 11,230,956 46,773,228 29,232,442 77,160,941
Animal products 168 6,670 10,151,474 56,052,760 20,093,107 77,122,864
Textiles and textile products 61 1,602 2,003,779 5,035,705 3,657,085 8,769,609
Wood and paper products 957 28,742 50,390,218 84,961,610 91,655,128 180,264,855
Iron and its products 238 41,678 87,117,082 61,641,287 154,192,895 218,091,597
Non-ferrous metal products 43 3,986 7,505,395 19,276,828 11,085,684 34,066,668
Non-metallic mineral products 56 1,500 2,863,049 17.668,577 5,400,785 24,560,922
Chemicals and chemical products 60 2,318 4,812,650 8,997,975 17,928,539 28,620,166
Miscellaneous industries 54 1,540 2,564,515 3,152,046 3,891,532 7,187,067
Total 2,116 96,062 178,639,118 303,560,016 337,137,197 655,884,689
Yukon and North West Territories            
Wood and paper products 7 17 13,928 18,111 36,081 57,890
All other groups 4 50 105,044 171,607 244,722 431,366
Totals 11 67 118,972 189,718 280,803 489,256
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.