Table 1
Total employment and its distribution by 2-digit Canadian manufacturing industry, 1900 to 1929

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Sector 1900 1910 1920 1929
year
Food and beverages 51,900 64,300 77,158 104,253
  (15.6) (12.9) (13.4) (15.7)
Tobacco 7,000 9,500 9,276 9,333
  (2.1) (1.9) (1.6) (1.4)
Rubber 800 1,900 15,238 17,796
  (0.2) (0.4) (2.6) (2.7)
Leather 20,800 24,600 21,807 23,500
  (6.3) (4.9) (3.8) (3.5)
Textiles 24,600 25,700 47,767 58,956
  (7.4) (5.2) (8.3) (8.9)
Clothing 42,100 56,400 41,222 48,582
  (12.7) (11.3) (7.2) (7.3)
Wood 78,700 113,700 73,032 83,778
  (23.7) (22.8) (12.7) (12.6)
Paper 9,700 15,500 39,163 43,530
  (2.7) (3.1) (6.8) (6.5)
Printing 12,400 17,100 29,088 35,417
  (3.7) (3.4) (5.1) (5.3)
Iron and steel 35,100 65,800 85,365 90,334
  (10.6) (13.2) (14.8) (13.6)
Transportation 19,100 43,300 55,084 56,118
  (5.8) (8.7) (9.6) (8.4)
Non-ferrous 5,100 12,700 14,699 18,996
  (1.5) (2.6) (2.6) (2.9)
Electrical 2,000 6,400 14,115 20,871
  (0.6) (1.3) (2.4) (3.1)
Non-metallic 11,700 20,500 16,656 20,377
  (3.5) (4.1) (2.9) (3.1)
Petroleum and coal 700 1,900 8,286 8,880
  (0.2) (3.8) (1.4) (1.3)
Chemicals 4,300 10,300 16,414 16,606
  (1.3) (2.1) (2.9) (2.5)
Miscellaneous 6,300 9,000 12,047 8,854
  (1.9) (1.8) (2.1) (1.3)
Total 331,800 498,500 576,417 666,181

Source: 1900 and 1910: T. Rymes, 1960, « Some Comments on the Pre-Annual Census of Industry Data with respect to Manufacturing in Canada, 1870-1915 ». 1920 and 1929: M. Urquhart and K. Buckley, 1965, Historical Statistics of Canada, pp. 463-474.