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Average hourly wage rates for specified occupations in manufacturing, by provinces, 1945

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Average hourly wage rates for specified occupations in manufacturing, by provinces, 1945
  Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario
  $
Work clothing        
Sewing machine operators, female 0.33 0.30 0.38 0.48
Cutters, male 0.56 - 0.68 0.78
Newsprint        
Machine tenders 1.83 1.87 1.63 1.63
Finishers 0.62 0.62 0.64 0.65
Wood products        
Sawyers 0.47 0.54 0.55 0.63
Machine hands 0.50 0.52 0.53 0.62
Meat products        
General butchers 0.65 0.69 0.68 0.73
Motor-truck drivers 0.61 - 0.63 0.67
Iron and steel products        
Machinists 0.90 0.90 0.87 0.84
Moulders 0.86 0.96 0.71 0.85
  Maritime Provinces Quebec Ontario
Woollen yarn and cloth        
Spinners, male 0.50 * 0.55 0.59
Spinners, female 0.39 * 0.50 0.49
  Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
Work clothing        
Sewing machine operators, female 0.45 - 0.52 0.47
Cutters, male 0.79 - 0.94 0.91
Newsprint        
Machine tenders 1.77 - - 1.73
Finishers 0.63 - - 0.73
Wood products        
Sawyers 0.61 0.72 0.62 0.82
Machine hands 0.68 0.59 0.72 0.76
Meat products        
General butchers 0.71 0.67 0.72 0.76
Motor-truck drivers 0.70 0.66 0.73 0.72
Iron and steel products        
Machinists 0.80 0.76 0.83 1.00
Moulders 0.74 0.74 0.83 0.99
  Western Provinces
Woollen yarn and cloth        
Spinners, male 0.60 * * *
Spinners, female 0.42 * * *
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.