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.
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