Table 4
Select characteristics of Canadian manufacturing industries
relative to their 1929 matched U.S. counterparts
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Mean | Median | Observations | |
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percent | number | ||
Relative industry size | |||
Total employees | 11 | 65 | 130 |
Primary horsepower | 8 | 51 | 130 |
Number of Establishments | 16 | 79 | 130 |
Relative plant size | |||
Total employees | 92 | 84 | 130 |
Primary horsepower | 78 | 57 | 130 |
Value of output | 76 | 62 | 130 |
Production workers/total employees | |||
Canada | 83 | 86 | 130 |
United States | 85 | 86 | 130 |
Relative output prices | |||
Using Canadian production weights | 106 | 104 | 127 |
Using U.S. production weights | 108 | 104 | 127 |
Motive power characteristics | |||
Electricity cost/fuel plus electricity cost | |||
Canada | 41 | 41 | 108 |
United States | 47 | 49 | 130 |
Electric motor H.P./primary H.P. | |||
Canada | 76 | 84 | 106 |
United States | 65 | 67 | 130 |
Electric motor H.P. using purchased | |||
power/total electric motor H.P. | |||
Canada | 92 | 98 | 106 |
United States | 77 | 82 | 130 |
Source: For definitions, see Table 5 and for discussion of variables construction, see Appendix.
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