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Question 2 Data

Year	Wage Index		Price (Cents)
	Building Trades	Common Factory Labour	Fresh Milk (Quart)	Bread (1 lb)	Beef, Blade Roast (1 lb)
1919	89.7	94.7	13.8	7.9	27.3
1920	109.5	113.2	15	9.3	26.6
1921	103.2	100.2	14	8.1	20.9
1922	98.4	96.2	12.1	6.9	17.1
1923	100.7	95.5	11.7	6.7	16.2
1924	102.7	96.3	12.1	6.9	15.7
1925	103.1	97.9	11.9	7.8	16.1
1926	104.2	98.5	12	7.4	16.9
1927	108.5	98.7	11.9	7.6	18.3
1928	112.3	98.4	12.4	7.7	21.8
1929	119.6	98.7	12.8	7.4	24.1
1930	123	98.9	12.8	7.4	23.5
1931	118.5	96.4	11.4	6.4	16.8
1932	107.9	91.3	9.9	6	13.7
1933	95.6	88.4	9.5	5.6	11.9
1934	93.7	89.8	10.1	5.6	12.1
1935	96.7	92	10.5	5.7	13.3
1936	97.3	94.5	10.7	6	13.2
1937	100.1	102.8	10.9	6.6	15
1938	102.5	105	11.3	6.7	15.7
1939	103.3	105.9	11.1	6.2	16.7

Price of Essential Items, in Cents

(Source: Dominion Bureau of Statistics)

Fresh Milk (Quart) 1919.0 1920.0 1921.0 1922.0 1923.0 1924.0 1925.0 1926.0 1927.0 1928.0 1929.0 1930.0 1931.0 1932.0 1933.0 1934.0 1935.0 1936.0 1937.0 1938.0 1939.0 13.8 15.0 14.0 12.1 11.7 12.1 11.9 12.0 11.9 12.4 12.8 12.8 11.4 9.9 9.5 10.1 10.5 10. 7 10.9 11.3 11.1 Bread (1 lb) 1919.0 1920.0 1921.0 1922.0 1923.0 1924.0 1925.0 1926.0 1927.0 1928.0 1929.0 1930.0 1931.0 1932.0 1933.0 1934.0 1935.0 1936.0 1937.0 1938.0 1939.0 7.9 9.3 8.1 6.9 6.7 6.9 7.8 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.4 6.4 6.0 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.6 6.7 6.2 Beef, Blade Roast (1 lb) 1919.0 1920.0 1921.0 1922.0 1923.0 1924.0 1925.0 1926.0 1927.0 1928.0 1929.0 1930.0 1931.0 1932.0 1933.0 1934.0 1935.0 1936.0 1937.0 1938.0 1939.0 27.3 26.6 20.9 17.1 16.2 15.7 16.1 16.9 18.3 21.8 24.1 23.5 16.8 13.7 11.9 12.1 13.3 13.2 15.0 15.7 16.7

Year

Price in Cents

Wage Indices for two Professions (Source: Canada Yearbook 1942)

Building Trades 1919.0 1920.0 1921.0 1922.0 1923.0 1924.0 1925.0 1926.0 1927.0 1928.0 1929.0 1930.0 1931.0 1932.0 1933.0 1934.0 1935.0 1936.0 1937.0 1938.0 1939.0 89.7 109.5 103.2 98.4 100.7 102.7 103.1 104.2 108.5 112.3 119.6 123.0 118.5 107.9 95.6 93.7 96.7 97.3 100.1 102.5 103.3 Common Factory Labour 1919.0 1920.0 1921.0 1922.0 1923.0 1924.0 1925.0 1926.0 1927.0 1928.0 1929.0 1930.0 1931.0 1932.0 1933.0 1934.0 1935.0 1936.0 1937.0 1938.0 1939.0 94.7 113.2 100.2 96.2 95.5 96.3 97.9 98.5 98.7 98.4 98.7 98.9 96.4 91.3 88.4 89.8 92.0 94.5 102.8 105.0 105.9

Year

Index