Canada Yearbook - 1920

538 LABOUR, WAGES AND PRICES
samples, using 1913 as the basic year. From these statistics, reprinted
in Tables 13 and 14, it may be noted that in every case the
hourly rate of wages has increased more rapidly than the weekly
rate, owing to the general reduction in hours, also that the wages
paid to common labour have increased proportionately more rapidly
than those paid to skilled labour.
Wages paid and hours worked per week in leading trades in
Canadian cities generally as in the autumn of 1920 are given in Table
15, railway wages in Table 16, sample wages paid and hours worked
per week in miscellaneous factory trades in Table 17 for representative
factories, and sample rates of wages and hours worked per week for
common labour in representative factories in Table 18.
13.—Index Numbers of Hourly and Weekly Wage Kates Paid to Skilled and Semi-Skilled
Workers in 13 Canadian Cities, 1901-1930.
Rates in 1913 = 100.
Year.
Building Trades.
7 Classes.
Weekly
Rates.
Hourly
Rates.
Metal Trades.
5 Classes.
Weekly
Rates.
Hourly
Rates. Weekly
Rates.
Printing Trades.
2 Classes.
Hourly
Rates. Weekly
Rates.
Street Railways.
1 Class.
Hourly
Rates.
Steam
Railways.
6Classes
Rates. 1
Average for
21 Classes.
Weekly
Rates.
Hourly
Rates. 2
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
69-3
73-2
74-6
76-3
78-6
81-7
84-8
85-9
87-3
90-0
92-6
97-4
100-0
100-3
100-5
101-5
108-8
123-8
142-9
171-9
60-3
64-2
67-4
69-7
73-0
76-9
80-2
81-5
83-1
86-9
90-2
96-0
100-0
100-8
101-5
102-4
109-9
125-9
148-2
180-9
72-8
74-2
76-2
78-9
81-3
82-4
85-0
87-3
88-6
89-5
92-2
95-9
100-0
100-4
101-2
110-4
124-0
146-7
165-3
189-3
68-6
70-2
73-3
75-9
78-6
79-8
82-4
84-7
86-2
88-8
91-0
95-3
100-0
100-5
101-5
106-9
128-0
155-2
180-1
209-4
66-6
68-3
69-0
72-3
74-2
75-8
79-3
81-5
83-8
88-2
91-8
96-0
100-0
102-4
103-6
105-8
111-3
123-7
145-5
181-7
60-0
61-6
62-6
66-1
68-5
72-2
78-4
80-5
83-4
87-8
91-6
96-0
100-0
102-4
103-6
105-8
111-3
123-7
145-9
184-0
65-7
70-0
72-1
74-0
74-4
76-7
82-2
82-5
81-5
86-5
88-1
92-3
100-0
100-6
97-4
102-5
115-1
130-3
150-5
179-1
64-0
68-0
71-1
73-1
73-5
75-7
81-4
81-8
81-1
85-7
88-1
92-3
100-0
101-0
97-8
102-2
114-6
142-9
163-3
194-2
70-8
73-6
76-7
78-6
78-9
80-2
85-5
86-7
86-7
91-2
96-4
98-3
100-0
101-7
101-7
104-9
110-1
133-2
154-2
186-6
69-8
72-7
74-2
76-4
78-6
80-8
83-9
85-5
86-9
89-4
92-1
96-4
100-0
100-6
101-0
110-3
114-5
131-6
151-0
179-3
64-9
67-8
70-7
73-1
75-3
77-9
81-9
83-3
84-5
88-4
91-2
96-2
100-0
101-1
101-6
105-2
114-8
135-1
158-0
190-3
J Per mile, day, etc.
includes Index numbers of mileage rates, etc., on steam railways.
14.—Index Numbers of Hourly and Weekly Wage Bates Paid to Common Labourers, Miscellaneous
Factory Workers and Lumbermen, 1911-1930.
Rates in 1913 = 100.
Year.
Common Labour
in Factories:
35 Samples.
Hourly
Rates.
1911 94-9
1912
98-1
1913
100-0
1914
101-0
1915
101-0
1916..
110-4
1917
129-2
1918 .
152-3
1919
180-2
215-3
Weekly
Rates.
99-8
98-9
100-0
100-3
100-0
108-3
126-6
145-6
167-9
198-3
Miscellaneous
Factory Trades:
72 Samples.
Hourly
Rates.
95-4
97-1
100-0
103-2
106-2
115-1
128-0
146-8
180-2
216-8
Weekly
Rates.
94-9
99-3
100-0
102-9
105-8
114-3
126-7
142-6
164-5
192-9
Lumbering:
15 Samples.
Hourly
Rates.
96-3
98-8
100-0
94-7
89-1
109-5
130-2
150-5
169-8
202-7
Weekly
Rates.
96-3
98-8
100-0
94-7
89-0
109-5
130-3
149-6
165-3
191-4