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Applications for employment, positions offered and placements effected bv employment offices, 1933 to 1945, and by province, 1944 and 1945
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| Applications registered | Vacancies notified | Placements effected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| number | ||||||
| Total, 1933 | 531,041 | 113,180 | 282,120 | 87,565 | 278,589 | 73,508 |
| Total, 1934 | 569,301 | 155,064 | 327,907 | 99,885 | 324,900 | 81,191 |
| Total, 1935 | 498,466 | 157,955 | 268,300 | 108,274 | 265,212 | 88,590 |
| Total, 1936 | 515,930 | 164,123 | 241,098 | 114,278 | 237,476 | 93,974 |
| Total, 1937 | 543,343 | 168,880 | 290,790 | 127,598 | 286,618 | 102,918 |
| Total, 1938 | 584,727 | 197,937 | 276,851 | 124,390 | 275,338 | 106,957 |
| Total, 1939 | 579,645 | 208,327 | 271,654 | 130,739 | 270,020 | 114,862 |
| Total, 1940 | 653,145 | 235,150 | 344,921 | 166,955 | 336,507 | 138,599 |
| Total, 1941 | 568,695 | 262,767 | 344,796 | 206,908 | 331,997 | 175,766 |
| Total, 1942 | 1,044,610 | 499,519 | 949,909 | 131,933 | 597,161 | 298,460 |
| Total, 1943 | 1,681,411 | 1,008,211 | 2,002,153 | 1,031,147 | 1,239,900 | 704,126 |
| Total, 1944 | 1,583,010 | 902,273 | 1,779,224 | 949,547 | 1,101,854 | 638,063 |
| Total, 1945 | 1,855,036 | 661,948 | 1,733,362 | 687,886 | 1,095,641 | 397,940 |
| Prince Edward Island | ||||||
| 1944 | 6,233 | 3,504 | 4,635 | 2,576 | 3,605 | 2,129 |
| 1945 | 6,138 | 3,090 | 4,376 | 2,481 | 3,258 | 1,959 |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||
| 1944 | 51,185 | 31,467 | 59,704 | 26,524 | 40,399 | 21,250 |
| 1945 | 60,900 | 21,272 | 57,444 | 21,974 | 40,200 | 14,208 |
| New Brunswick | ||||||
| 1944 | 48,921 | 24,261 | 60,929 | 20,089 | 35,337 | 16,444 |
| 1945 | 54,021 | 18,079 | 58,454 | 16,416 | 34,250 | 11,022 |
| Quebec | ||||||
| 1944 | 544,220 | 208,203 | 577,293 | 253,829 | 360,418 | 146,067 |
| 1945 | 605,568 | 171,419 | 526,296 | 172,637 | 296,478 | 83,653 |
| Ontario | ||||||
| 1944 | 558,016 | 363,432 | 690,212 | 426,315 | 412,768 | 282,504 |
| 1945 | 678,492 | 250,823 | 693,618 | 302,327 | 447,995 | 171,966 |
| Manitoba | ||||||
| 1944 | 65,186 | 65,594 | 66,437 | 57,462 | 38,937 | 43,268 |
| 1945 | 84,863 | 46,178 | 67,023 | 43,671 | 45,354 | 30,040 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||||
| 1944 | 49,733 | 37,292 | 40,752 | 28,212 | 25,873 | 21,247 |
| 1945 | 57,671 | 27,275 | 39,571 | 21,471 | 27,325 | 14,677 |
| Alberta | ||||||
| 1944 | 73,138 | 53,969 | 83,025 | 45,846 | 51,530 | 35,053 |
| 1945 | 79,857 | 38,207 | 79,160 | 35,174 | 54,323 | 24,255 |
| British Columbia | ||||||
| 1944 | 186,378 | 114,551 | 196,237 | 88,694 | 132,987 | 70,101 |
| 1945 | 227,526 | 85,605 | 207,420 | 71,735 | 146,458 | 46,160 |
| Note: For figures by province from 1920 to 1943, see Canada Year Book, 1926 edition. Totals for the years 1920 to 1932 are given on p. 766 of the 1938 edition | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947. | ||||||
