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Last revised:
23 August 2000


Percentage Distribution of the Estimated Value by Economic Sectors, Canada, Quebec and Ontario (1890)

Economic Sector Quebec Ontario All of Canada
Agriculture 22.9 30.0 27.4
Fishing and Trapping 0.7 0.4 1.6
Mining 0.6 0.4 1.2
Forestry 7.5 6.7 6.9
Manufacturing 27.6 24.6 23.9
Construction 3.7 5.4 4.9
Transportation 2.4 2.1 2.3
Services: personnal and professionnal 14.8 14.1 14.7
Domestic Trade 15.1 12.7 13.0
Government 4.6 3.6 4.0

Source: Historical Atlas of Canada, Vol. 2, p. 96