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Net income of 709 industrial companies, by industries, 1936 to 1945

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Net income of 709 industrial companies, by industries, 1936 to 1945
  Companies 1941 19421 19431 19441 19451
  number $ millions
Grain mill products 7 2.0 1.9 2.6 2.8 2.6
Food 52 11.3 12.6 12.5 13.0 12.2
Drink 15 6.9 8.2 7.6 9.4 12.3
Tobacco 3 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.8
Leather 14 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2
Rubber 7 3.2 4.9 4.1 3.6 3.9
Textiles (primary) 37 10.2 11.0 9.0 10.4 9.5
Clothing 32 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.8
Wood products (inch logging) 21 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.9
Pulp and paper 25 16.7 13.0 12.2 14.4 15.8
Paper products 26 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4
Printing and publishing 14 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5
Iron, steel and products (excluding machinery) 55 14.1 15.4 15.1 13.8 12.6
Machinery 60 18.5 22.4 20.0 19.1 17.6
Electrical machinery and equipment 27 7.6 8.9 8.3 9.2 7.5
Gold mining 39 36.7 29.1 22.4 16.4 14.3
Other non-ferrous metals 18 74.1 73.0 68.1 58.5 57.1
Non-metallic minerals (excluding fuels) 23 5.2 5.6 4.3 3.7 5.0
Coal and natural gas 16 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.9
Petroleum 11 21.5 20.0 22.0 21.7 23.0
Chemicals 29 11.4 10.3 9.1 9.9 10.5
Paints and polishes 13 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6
Wholesale trade and service 67 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.2
Retail trade and service 34 6.8 7.4 7.9 9.2 10.3
Electric utilities 23 14.3 16.1 16.3 15.4 15.6
Communications 6 9.8 9.9 9.3 9.5 10.2
Transportation and storage 20 4.0 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.8
Grain elevators 15 2.0 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.0
Total 709 300 300.6 281.4 270.4 273.1
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.