Canada Yearbook - 1920

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to the proportion of occupied land in each province, as returned by
the Censuses of 1911 and 1916. The result is a somewhat truer indication
of the average than the unweighted figure previously given.
7.—Average Values per acre of Occupied Farm Lands in Canada, as estimated by
Crop Correspondents, 1908-10,1914-20.
Provinces. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919.
1920.
Canada
P. E. Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick..
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
$ % $ » $ $ $ $ $
31 32 33 37 35 36 38 11 16
34 32 31 39 38 39 44 44 51
25 31 25 28 28 34 34 36 41
21 24 19 26 22 29 29 35 32
42 43 43 47 51 52 53 57 72
47 50 48 54 52 53 55 57 66
27 29 29 32 30 32 31 32 35
20 22 22 24 24 23 26 29 32
18 20 24 21 23 22 27 28 29
76 73 74 150 125 119 149 149 174
Average Wages of Farm Help.—A further advance is recorded
in the average wages paid for farm help in 1920, as compared with
the previous year, and the averages for 1920 were again the highest
yet reached. For the whole of Canada the average wages paid per
month to farm helpers during the summer season of 1920 were for
men $86 and for women $47, including board; the average value of
which was $26 per month for men and $20 per month for women.
In 1919 the corresponding averages were: $78 for men, including
board value $24, and $43 for women, including board value $19.
For the complete year the average value of wages and board was
$821 for men and $492 for women, as compared with $764 for men
and $465 for women in 1919. By provinces, the average wages per
month for male and female helpers, respectively, in the summer season
and including board were, in 1920, as follows, the figures for 1919
being given within brackets for comparison: Prince Edward Island
$60 and $32 (851 and $28); Nova Scotia $73 and $38 ($69 and $34);
New Brunswick $79 and $35 ($79 and $35); Quebec $86 and $40
($76 and $37); Ontario $75 and $44 ($70 and $40); Manitoba $98
and $58 ($89 and $52); Saskatchewan $102 and $60 ($94 and $55);
Alberta $107 and $02 ($95 and $58); British Columbia $95 and $63
($96 and $64).
In Table 8 the total value of wages and board is given for 1920,
as compared with previous years, and in Table 9 the value of the
yearly board for 1920 is given separately. As a general rule, the
value of the board per month in the summer months is higher than
the monthly value for the whole year, the difference by provinces
ranging from $11 to §45 per annum for men and from $8 to $41 per
annum for women.
$
18
49
43
35
70
70
39
32
32
175