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Occupations of the gainfully employed population of Canada, by sex, number and percentage, 1911 and 1921
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| Males | Females | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 1921 | 1911 | 1921 | 1911 | 1921 | |
| number | ||||||
| Agriculture | 917,848 | 1,023,706 | 15,887 | 17,912 | 933,735 | 1,041,618 |
| Logging | 42,901 | 39,808 | 13 | 7 | 42,914 | 39,815 |
| Fishing and trapping | 34,547 | 29,241 | 265 | 51 | 34,812 | 29,292 |
| Mining and quarrying | 62,706 | 50,860 | 61 | 203 | 62,767 | 51,063 |
| Manufacturing | 384,606 | 441,249 | 98,345 | 105,408 | 482,951 | 546,657 |
| Construction | 162,502 | 184,577 | 218 | 625 | 162,720 | 185,202 |
| Transportation | 210,692 | 246,947 | 6,852 | 21,145 | 217,544 | 268,092 |
| Trade | 205,857 | 248,548 | 39,441 | 61,891 | 245,298 | 310,439 |
| Finance | 35,403 | 46,180 | 2,746 | 15,121 | 38,149 | 61,301 |
| Service | ||||||
| Domestic | 75,612 | 81,504 | 139,064 | 134,766 | 214,676 | 216,270 |
| Professional | 57,081 | 82,064 | 47,649 | 99,327 | 104,730 | 181,391 |
| Public administration | 72,531 | 81,959 | 4,073 | 12,582 | 76,604 | 94,541 |
| Recreational | 2,410 | 6,848 | 432 | 959 | 2,842 | 7,807 |
| Unspecified industries | 94,117 | 119,528 | 9,775 | 20,153 | 103,892 | 139,681 |
| Total | 2,358,813 | 2,683,019 | 364,821 | 490,150 | 2,723,634 | 3,173,169 |
| % | ||||||
| Agriculture | 38.91 | 38.16 | 4.36 | 3.66 | 34.28 | 32.82 |
| Logging | 1.82 | 1.48 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.58 | 1.26 |
| Fishing and trapping | 1.47 | 1.09 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 1.28 | 0.92 |
| Mining and quarrying | 2.66 | 1.89 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 2.31 | 1.61 |
| Manufacturing | 16.30 | 16.45 | 26.95 | 21.50 | 17.73 | 17.22 |
| Construction | 6.89 | 6.88 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 5.98 | 5.84 |
| Transportation | 8.93 | 9.20 | 1.88 | 4.31 | 7.99 | 8.45 |
| Trade | 8.73 | 9.26 | 10.81 | 12.63 | 9.01 | 9.78 |
| Finance | 1.50 | 1.72 | 0.75 | 3.08 | 1.40 | 1.93 |
| Service | ||||||
| Domestic | 3.21 | 3.04 | 38.11 | 27.49 | 7.88 | 6.82 |
| Professional | 2.42 | 3.06 | 13.06 | 20.27 | 3.84 | 5.72 |
| Public administration | 3.07 | 3.05 | 1.12 | 2.57 | 2.81 | 2.98 |
| Recreational | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.25 |
| Unspecified industries | 3.99 | 4.46 | 2.68 | 4.11 | 3.81 | 4.40 |
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928. | ||||||
