HC Deb 25 February 1908 vol 184 cc1565-6
MR. J. M. ROBERTSON

I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can state the present or recent number and percentage of unemployed in the mining and metal industries in Canada.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE, Carnarvon Boroughs)

My right hon.

Tables showing the state of employment in the Mining and Metal Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries of Canada during the month of December, 1907. (Extracted from the Canadian Labour Gazette for January, 1908.)
This Table is based largely on the reports of the correspondents of the Gazette. The terms employed are divided into two groups, the order indicating the degree to which general conditions were favourable or unfavourable, as follows—
(1) Active, busy, very busy. (2) Quiet, dull, very dull.
City and District of Correspondent. Mining. Metal, Engineering, Shipbuilding. City and District of Correspondent. Mining. Metal, Engineering, Shipbuilding.
Nova Scotia: Ontario (cont.):
Sydney Very busy Active Brantford Dull Quiet
Westville Very busy Active Guelph Dull Quiet
Halifax Very busy Active Berlin Dull Very dull
Amherst Very busy Active Woodstock Dull Quiet
Stratford Dull Active
Prince Edward London Dull Dull
Island: St. Thomas Dull Quiet
Charlottetown Very busy Active Chatham Dull Quiet
Windsor Dull Quiet
New Brunswick: Sault St. Marie Dull Active
Moncton Active Active
St. John Active Busy Manitoba:
Winnipeg Dull Quiet
Quebec: Brandon Dull Active
Quebec Active Active
Sherbrooke Busy Quiet Saskatchewan:
Three Rivers Busy Active Regina Dull Quiet
St. Hyacinthe Busy Active Moose Jaw Busy Active
Montreal Busy Active
Maisonneuve Busy Busy Alberta:
Hull Quiet Busy Calgary Busy Quiet
Edmonton Busy Dull
Ontario: Quiet Busy
Ottawa Quiet Busy British
Kingston Active Quiet Columbia:
Belleville Active Busy Nelson Very dull Dull
Peterboro Dull Active New West minster Very dull Quiet
Toronto Dull Active
Niagara Falls Dull Active Vancouver Very dull Quiet
St. Cathorines Dull Active Victoria Very dull Active
Hamilton Dull Active Nanaimo Very busy Active

friend has asked me to answer this Question. The information which my hon. friend requires as regards actual numbers and percentages is not available, but I have the information given in the Canadian Labour Gazette for January showing the state of employment in the mining and metal industries in various localities of the Dominion in December last. It is as follows—