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Retail chain store statistics, 1930 and 1941 to 1956
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| 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. | ||||||
