Table 3
A comparison of Canadian and U.S. manufacturing sectors by distribution of employment at the 2-digit level, 1929

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Sector United States Canada
percent
Food and beverages 10.3 15.7
Tobacco 1.4 1.4
Rubber 1.7 2.7
Leather 3.5 3.5
Textiles 12.0 8.9
Clothing 7.6 7.3
Wood 10.1 12.6
Paper 2.7 6.6
Printing 6.0 5.3
Iron and steel 18.9 13.6
Transportation 6.0 8.4
Non-ferrous 3.1 2.9
Electrical 4.9 3.1
Non-metallic 3.8 3.1
Petroleum 1.2 1.3
Chemicals 3.8 2.5
Miscellaneous 3.8 1.3

Note: The U.S. Petroleum figure does not contain coal products (coke), while the Canadian figure does so.

Source: United States: D. Creamer, S. Dobrovolsky and I. Borenstein, 1960. Capital in Manufacturing and Mining: Its Formation and Financing, p. 273.
Canada: M.C. Urquhart and K.A.H. Buckley. 1965. Historical Statistics of Canada, 196, pp. 463-474.