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Retail chain store statistics, 1930 and 1941 to 1956

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Retail chain store statistics, 1930 and 1941 to 1956
        Stock on hand at end of year  
  Stores Net retail sales Salaries and wages paid to store employees Stores Warehouses Accounts outstanding at end of year
  Average number $ thousands
1930 8,097 487,336 50,405 60,457 - -
1941 7,622 639,210 57,777 68,619 20,976 38,376
1942 7,010 687,447 57,654 66,940 22,633 -
1943 6,780 703,950 58,804 67,628 22,602 15,527
1944 6,560 769,643 63,300 66,944 21,855 15,093
1945 6,580 876,209 68,196 68,247 29,013 16,368
1946 6,559 1,014,847 77,474 85,345 37,436 19,643
1947 6,716 1,177,323 91,266 105,040 43,546 31,492
1948 6,821 1,335,735 107,450 119,132 46,330 40,378
1949 6,839 1,420,081 115,603 123,696 46,755 50,001
1950 7,155 1,559,693 129,334 159,083 60,501 65,000
1951 7,846 1,775,744 153,599 186,562 60,490 53,816
1952 7,766 1,924,873 154,642 172,886 55,215 77,475
1953 7,835 2,048,228 171,167 179,704 52,096 91,538
1954 8,136 2,146,635 181,509 191,049 57,814 102,747
1955 8,274 2,353,955 199,611 205,833 63,120 127,362
1956 8,559 2,647,055 221,136 232,392 72,183 143,357
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958.