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Wages and hours of labour, by selected trades in selected cities of Canada, 1927
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| Winnipeg | Vancouver | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages per hour | Hours per week | Wages per hour | Hours per week | |
| $ | number | $ | number | |
| Building trades | ||||
| Bricklayers | 1.35 | 44 | 1.25 | 40 |
| Carpenters | 1.00 | 44 | 0.94 | 44 |
| Electrical workers | 1.00 | 44 | 1.00 | 44 |
| Painters | 0.85 | 44 | 0.88 | 44 |
| Plasterers | 1.25 | 44 | 1.25 | 40 |
| Plumbers | 1.13 | 44 | 1.13 | 40 to 44 |
| Sheet metal workers | 0.90 | 44 | 1.00 | 44 |
| Stonecutters | 1.10 to 1.125 | 44 | 1.00 to 1.125 | 40 to 44 |
| Labourers | 0.40 to 0.50 | 50 to 60 | 0.50 to 0.625 | 44 |
| Metal trades | ||||
| Blacksmiths | 0.60 to 0.80 | 44 to 50 | 0.75 to 0.825 | 44 |
| Boilermakers | 0.60 to 0.72 | 50 | 0.75 to 0.825 | 44 |
| Machinists | 0.60 to 0.70 | 44 to 50 | 0.75 to 0.815 | 44 |
| Iron moulders | 0.55 to 0.70 | 45 to 50 | 0.75 to 0.815 | 14 |
| Electric railways | ||||
| Conductors and motormen | 0.58 | 50 | 0.62 | 48 |
| Linemen | 0.90 | 44 | 0.94 | 44 |
| Shedmen | 0.515 to 0.59 | 40 | 0.55 to 0.65 | 44 to 48 |
| Electricians | 0.61 | 40 | 0.74 | 44 |
| Trackmen and labourers | 0.36 to 0.51 | 44 | 0.515 to 0.56 | 44 |
| Wages per week | Hours per week | Wages per week | Hours per week | |
| $ | number | $ | number | |
| Printing Trade | ||||
| Compositors, machine and hand, news | 45.00 | 46 | 48.00 | 45 |
| Compositors, machine and hand, job | 39.60 | 44 to 48 | 42.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Pressmen, news | 43.75 | 48 | 48.00 | 48 |
| Pressmen, job | 39.60 | 44 to 48 | 42.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Bookbinders | 35.20 to 42.00 | 44 to 48 | 42.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Bindery girls | 12.00 to 18.00 | 44 to 48 | 21.00 | 44 to 48 |
| Note: Corresponding figures for 1920 to 1926 can be found on pages 720 to 721 of the Canada Year Book, 1926. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928. | ||||
