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Minimum weekly rates for experienced workers in the principal cities, December, 1946

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Minimum weekly rates for experienced workers in the principal cities, December, 1946
  Halifax1 Montreal Toronto1 Winnipeg2 Regina Edmonton3 Vancouver1
  number
Hours per week 44 to 484 48 to 605 48 48 48 48 446
  $ cts. per hour $ cts. per hour $
Factories 13.00 35 12.50 30 18.50 15.00 0.357,8
Laundries, etc. 13.00 269 12.50 30 18.50 15.00 0.407
Shops 13.00 35 12.50 30 18.50 15.00 17.00
Hotels, restaurants, etc. 13.00 3010 0.267 30 18.50 15.00 18.008
Beauty parlours 13.00 35 12.50 30 18.50 15.00 17.10
Theatres and amusement places 13.00 25 12.50 30 0.507 15.00 17.10
Offices 13.00 35 12.50 30 18.50 15.00 18.00
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1947.