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Operations of the money order system, years ended March 31, 1937 to 1946

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Operations of the money order system, years ended March 31, 1937 to 1946
  Money order offices in Canada Orders issued in Canada Value of orders issued in Canada Value payable in Canada Value payable in other countries Value of orders issued in other countries, payable in Canada
  number $
1937 6,737 13,746,743 133,155,222 124,479,322 8,675,900 7,280,169
1938 6,840 14,554,010 144,445,972 134,262,900 10,183,072 7,590,616
1939 6,976 14,522,060 145,204,787 135,417,731 9,787,056 6,948,186
1940 7,103 15,161,896 156,340,540 148,560,567 7,779,973 5,578,250
1941 7,117 16,119,586 173,565,550 168,548,852 5,016,698 5,700,036
1942 7,198 17,465,646 205,675,482 202,102,135 3,573,346 5,913,324
1943 7,306 18,627,228 236,925,919 233,004,136 3,921,784 6,887,250
1944 7,362 19,554,760 262,297,331 256,630,949 5,666,382 8,440,436
1945 7,406 20,742,643 281,890,291 276,704,712 5,185,579 8,467,849
1946 7,377 22,031,756 290,933,503 285,574,174 5,359,329 8,732,635
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.