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Statistics of manufactures, by type of industry, 1915
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| Establish-ments | Capital | Employees on wages | Wages paid | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | number | $ | |||
| Timber, lumber and their re-manufactures | ||||||
| Artificial limbs and trusses | 9 | 97,402 | 50 | 32,171 | 33,918 | 112,401 |
| Baskets | 19 | 253,695 | 220 | 109,944 | 110,405 | 313,830 |
| Billiard tables and materials | 5 | 567,025 | 68 | 39,509 | 123,365 | 255,011 |
| Boxes, cigar | 6 | 531,536 | 302 | 97,302 | 244,570 | 918,276 |
| Boxes, wooden | 85 | 4,336,427 | 2,158 | 892,812 | 2,126,479 | 3,949,389 |
| Coffins and caskets | 11 | 1,864,002 | 419 | 220,302 | 432,453 | 1,073,734 |
| Cooperage | 117 | 2,522,888 | 1,129 | 480,737 | 1,076,210 | 1,989,564 |
| Corks | 11 | 1,653,749 | 152 | 82,513 | 186,509 | 365,691 |
| Furniture and upholstered goods | 175 | 18,067,929 | 6,905 | 3,113,168 | 3,955,786 | 9,765,339 |
| Hay presses | 3 | 13,350 | 19 | 4,329 | 61,255 | 80,500 |
| Lasts and pegs | 8 | 646,815 | 210 | 102,774 | 60,011 | 250,823 |
| Log products | 1,887 | 144,758,399 | 34,964 | 15,586,915 | 33,365,810 | 68,815,472 |
| Lumber products | 661 | 32,075,883 | 9,272 | 4,242,627 | 9,176,512 | 18,370,604 |
| Matches | 3 | 508,599 | 241 | 79,793 | 150,045 | 413,144 |
| Picture frames | 25 | 1,132,606 | 517 | 240,270 | 337,556 | 831,652 |
| Pumps and windmills | 36 | 2,328,237 | 551 | 289,271 | 363,888 | 1,223,710 |
| Refrigerators | 10 | 468,745 | 138 | 81,330 | 131,541 | 326,639 |
| Shocks, box | 8 | 791,001 | 482 | 211,725 | 406,479 | 935,387 |
| Showcases | 14 | 625,590 | 233 | 114,258 | 185,346 | 438,272 |
| Wicker ware | 8 | 286,508 | 208 | 92,579 | 96,611 | 301,651 |
| Wooden piping | 3 | 293,390 | 30 | 8,090 | 45,429 | 76,476 |
| Woodpulp, chemical and mechanical | 32 | 47,626,237 | 4,456 | 2,412,037 | 5,821,997 | 10,952,466 |
| Woodworking and turning | 41 | 1,481,458 | 719 | 326,432 | 554,680 | 1,254,923 |
| All other industries | 10 | 657,411 | 220 | 103,667 | 165,494 | 381,732 |
| Total | 3,187 | 263,588,882 | 63,663 | 28,964,555 | 59,212,349 | 123,396,686 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | ||||||
