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Proportions of female employees and proportions of their average earnings to male's earnings, for the last week of October 1954 to 1956
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| Wage earners | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion of women | Proportion of women's wages to men's wages | |||||
| 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
| % | ||||||
| Canada1 | 31.3 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 56.1 | 56.1 | 55.6 |
| Newfoundland | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 34.1 | 33.9 | 29.2 |
| Nova Scotia | 13.7 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 43.9 | 44.4 | 44.5 |
| New Brunswick | 13.2 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 46.6 | 48.2 | 46.9 |
| Quebec | 27.3 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 56.1 | 55.8 | 55.4 |
| Ontario | 20.4 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 58.0 | 57.8 | 56.8 |
| Manitoba | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 55.5 | 53.9 | 54.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 12.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 57.2 | 56.5 | 58.3 |
| Alberta | 12.2 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 59.1 | 60.3 | 62.9 |
| British Columbia | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 56.1 | 56.8 | 57.8 |
| Durable goods manufacturing | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 68.9 | 68.3 | 67.2 |
| Non-durable goods manufacturing | 33.6 | 34.6 | 34.8 | 54.3 | 54.2 | 54.0 |
| Salaried employees | ||||||
| Proportion of women | Proportion of women's salaries to men's salaries | |||||
| 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
| % | ||||||
| Canada1 | 28.7 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 49.5 | 50.3 | 49.8 |
| Newfoundland | 20.9 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 46.7 | 48.7 | 48.1 |
| Nova Scotia | 26.3 | 26.0 | 26.7 | 46.4 | 49.5 | 47.3 |
| New Brunswick | 28.0 | 26.6 | 27.2 | 46.2 | 47.5 | 49.4 |
| Quebec | 28.1 | 27.0 | 26.9 | 50.6 | 51.2 | 51.0 |
| Ontario | 29.7 | 29.0 | 28.9 | 48.9 | 49.8 | 49.1 |
| Manitoba | 27.4 | 26.0 | 26.2 | 50.2 | 50.3 | 49.8 |
| Saskatchewan | 32.4 | 30 2 | 29.3 | 55.8 | 56.2 | 56.6 |
| Alberta | 25.9 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 50.4 | 50.6 | 51.0 |
| British Columbia | 24.7 | 24.4 | 24 5 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 48.4 |
| Durable goods manufacturing | 25.1 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 50.2 | 51.1 | 50.0 |
| Non-durable goods manufacturing | 32.1 | 30.9 | 30.8 | 49.0 | 49.8 | 49.8 |
| 1. Includes Prince Edward Island, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958. | ||||||
