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Union membership in Canada, 1938 to 1966
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| Members | Members | Members | Members | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | thousands | thousands | thousands | ||||
| 1938 | 382 | 1945 | 711 | 1953 | 1,220 | 1960 | 1,459 |
| 1939 | 359 | 1946 | 832 | 1954 | 1,268 | 1961 | 1,447 |
| 1940 | 362 | 1947 | 912 | 1955 | 1,268 | 1962 | 1,423 |
| 1941 | 462 | 1948 | 978 | 1956 | 1,352 | 1963 | 1,449 |
| 1942 | 578 | 19491,2 | 1,006 | 1957 | 1,386 | 1964 | 1,4934 |
| 1943 | 665 | 19511 | 1,029 | 1958 | 1,454 | 1965 | 1,589 |
| 1944 | 724 | 1952 | 1,146 | 1959 | 1,4593 | 1966 | 1,736 |
| 1. Figures for years up to and including 1949 are as on December 31; figures from 1951 are as on January 1. | |||||||
| 2. Newfoundland included from 1949. | |||||||
| 3. Adjustment in coverage resulted in a net addition of approximately 23,000 members. | |||||||
| 4. Includes an addition of approximately 7,000 members resulting from improved coverage. | |||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | |||||||
