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Radio stations in operation, by class, as at March 31, 1942 to 1946
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| 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||||
| Aeronautical direction-finding (government) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Aeronautical ground to air | 2 | 2 | 66 | 80 | 88 |
| Aeronautical radio range (government) | 54 | 55 | 66 | 80 | 88 |
| Aircraft | 138 | 143 | 150 | 161 | 211 |
| Amateur experimental1 | - | - | - | - | 4,048 |
| Coast (government) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
| Commercial receiving | 120 | 125 | 121 | 129 | 91 |
| Commercial receiving (special) | 92 | 96 | 95 | 99 | 100 |
| Direction finding, short-wave (government) | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Experimental1 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 59 | 90 |
| Fan marker (government) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Ionosphere | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Land | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Limited coast | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Marine direction-finding (government) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Monitoring (government) | - | - | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Municipal police private commercial | 55 | 64 | 66 | 73 | 86 |
| Private commercial | 1,184 | 1,292 | 1,346 | 1,420 | 1,673 |
| Private commercial broadcasting | 102 | 102 | 115 | 139 | 142 |
| Operated by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) | 18 | 15 | 28 | 41 | 41 |
| Operated by private owners | 84 | 87 | 87 | 98 | 101 |
| Private receiving2 | 1,623,489 | 1,728,880 | 1,770,900 | 1,759,100 | 1,754,351 |
| Public commercial | 85 | 85 | 52 | 53 | 58 |
| Radio beacon (Goverment) | 26 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 37 |
| Radiophone (government) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
| Radio training school | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
| Ship (commercial) | 489 | 512 | 628 | 800 | 943 |
| Ship (commercial receiving only) | 85 | 64 | 46 | 23 | 38 |
| Ship (government) | 65 | 64 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| Weather-reporting (government) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 1,626,113 | 1,731,641 | 1,773,832 | 1,762,341 | 1,762,127 |
| 1. All licences for privately owned experimental stations and for all amateur experimental stations were suspended at the outbreak of war in September, 1939. | |||||
| 2. Includes licences issued free, numbering 8,435 in 1946, 8,375 in 1945, 7,896 in 1944, 7,465 in 1943, and 6,998 in 1942. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book,1947. | |||||
