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Average hourly wage rates for specified occupations in manufacturing, by provinces, 1945

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Average hourly wage rates for specified occupations in manufacturing, by provinces, 1945
	Nova Scotia	New Brunswick	Quebec	Ontario
	$
Work clothing
Sewing machine operators, female	0.33	0.30	0.38	0.48
Cutters, male	0.56	-	0.68	0.78
Newsprint
Machine tenders	1.83	1.87	1.63	1.63
Finishers	0.62	0.62	0.64	0.65
Wood products
Sawyers	0.47	0.54	0.55	0.63
Machine hands	0.50	0.52	0.53	0.62
Meat products
General butchers	0.65	0.69	0.68	0.73
Motor-truck drivers	0.61	-	0.63	0.67
Iron and steel products
Machinists	0.90	0.90	0.87	0.84
Moulders	0.86	0.96	0.71	0.85
	Maritime Provinces		Quebec	Ontario
Woollen yarn and cloth
Spinners, male	0.50	*	0.55	0.59
Spinners, female	0.39	*	0.50	0.49
	Manitoba	Saskatchewan	Alberta	British Columbia
Work clothing
Sewing machine operators, female	0.45	-	0.52	0.47
Cutters, male	0.79	-	0.94	0.91
Newsprint
Machine tenders	1.77	-	-	1.73
Finishers	0.63	-	-	0.73
Wood products
Sawyers	0.61	0.72	0.62	0.82
Machine hands	0.68	0.59	0.72	0.76
Meat products
General butchers	0.71	0.67	0.72	0.76
Motor-truck drivers	0.70	0.66	0.73	0.72
Iron and steel products
Machinists	0.80	0.76	0.83	1.00
Moulders	0.74	0.74	0.83	0.99
	Western Provinces
Woollen yarn and cloth
Spinners, male	0.60	*	*	*
Spinners, female	0.42	*	*	*
* Data are included with the data in the previous category.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.