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| Establishments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Metals and metal products other than steel | 2,681 | 12,092 | 15,216,768 | 4,544,383 | 8,466,264 | 17,860,563 |
| Brass castings | 53 | 1,374 | 1,602,494 | 554,420 | 1,120,755 | 2,192,200 |
| Jewelry and repairs | 655 | 1,619 | 2,540,081 | 648,342 | 1,068,188 | 2,523,691 |
| Lamps | 4 | 63 | 250,300 | 20,075 | 23,540 | 65,150 |
| Lead, bar and pipe | 1 | 10 | 98,000 | 5,000 | 26,000 | 38,000 |
| Plumbers' supplies | 1 | 60 | 87,000 | 20,000 | 46,000 | 70,000 |
| Plumbing and tinsmithing | 1,873 | 6,513 | 5,725,748 | 2,234,135 | 4,336,127 | 9,094,824 |
| Silversmithing | 34 | 284 | 419,300 | 126,940 | 258,246 | 530,510 |
| Smelting | 16 | 1,901 | 4,159,481 | 851,980 | 1,478,210 | 3,046,240 |
| All other industries | 44 | 268 | 334,364 | 83,491 | 109,198 | 299,948 |
| Tobacco and its manufactures | 149 | 5,325 | 3,831,388 | 1,461,482 | 2,502,090 | 5,742,525 |
| Tobacco, chewing, smoking and snuff | 37 | 2,105 | 2,158,150 | 485,252 | 1,330,112 | 2,375,321 |
| Tobacco, cigars and cigarettes | 112 | 3,220 | 1,673,238 | 976,230 | 1,171,978 | 3,367,204 |
| Vehicles for land transportation | 3,378 | 14,528 | 11,324,680 | 5,412,551 | 8,861,760 | 19,866,171 |
| Bicycles | 5 | 88 | 78,800 | 26,675 | 43,270 | 97,550 |
| Carriages and wagons | 3,336 | 9,056 | 8,029,621 | 2,999,572 | 3,908,968 | 9,744,416 |
| Carriage and wagon materials | 18 | 366 | 623,275 | 150,780 | 269,479 | 563,680 |
| Cars and car works | 19 | 5,018 | 2,592,984 | 2,235,524 | 4,640,043 | 9,460,525 |
| Vessels for water transportation | 639 | 4,068 | 2,524,916 | 1,193,327 | 1,357,205 | 3,638,597 |
| Boats and canoes | 478 | 832 | 421,395 | 179,092 | 137,415 | 477,522 |
| Masts and spars | 14 | 45 | 58,065 | 15,620 | 26,785 | 59,800 |
| Ships and ship repairs | 147 | 3,191 | 2,045,456 | 998,615 | 1,193,005 | 3,101,275 |
| Note: In this table statistics are given for all establishments enumerated, irrespective of the number of persons employed. They are for the calendar year 1890. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
