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Percentage distribution of the employed by industrial group, 1946 and 1956 to 1965
| Percentage distribution | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total employed | Agriculture | Other primary Industries | Manufacturing | Construction | Transpor- tation and other utilities |
Trade | Finance, insurance and real estate | Service1 | |
| thousands | % | ||||||||
| 19462,3 | 4,666 | 25.4 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 16.8 |
| 19563 | 5,585 | 13.9 | 4.6 | 25.7 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 15.8 | 3.5 | 20.3 |
| 19573 | 5,731 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 26.1 | 7.7 | 8 9 | 15.7 | 3.6 | 20.8 |
| 19583 | 5,706 | 12.5 | 3.7 | 25.6 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 22.1 |
| 19593 | 5,870 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 25.5 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 16.2 | 3.7 | 23.0 |
| 19603 | 5,965 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 24.7 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 16.5 | 3.8 | 24.6 |
| 19613 | 6,055 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 16.3 | 4.0 | 25.5 |
| 19614 | 6,055 | 11.2 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 16.9 | 3.9 | 25.3 |
| 19624 | 6,225 | 10.6 | 2.9 | 24.1 | 6.3 | 9.4 | 16.9 | 4.0 | 25.8 |
| 19634 | 6,375 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 24.3 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 26.3 |
| 19644 | 6,609 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 26.7 |
| 19654 | 6,862 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 23.8 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 16.7 | 4.1 | 27.6 |
| Note: Comparable figures for 1947 to 1955 are given in the Canada Year Book, 1962, p. 711. | |||||||||
| 1. Includes public administration and defence. | |||||||||
| 2. Excludes Newfoundland. | |||||||||
| 3. Classified according to the 1948 standard industrial classification. | |||||||||
| 4. Classified according to the 1960 standard industrial classification. | |||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | |||||||||
