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The Squamish Advance, Thursday, March 1, 1951

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THE SQUAMISH ADVANCE

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W. H. Willoughby, Publisher,

THE 1951 CENSUS

One of the impertant funciions
of the 19£1 census to be takeh in
June this year is to determine the
emplovment status of all persons
This in

related ¥o other

14 vears of-age and over
formation, when
characte istics, ie hours worked,

weeks worked-

ete , provides a
measure of emplovment aud unem

plovment as well as of the actual

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TONY’S BARBER

Shop and Billiard Parlor

Cigars

Cigarettes Tobaccos

Soft Drinks

G. Aalten

Papering painting
Floor Tile Sanding
Venetian Blinds

SQUAMISH — -

ws ths a

Bre.

and potential size of the labor force

Figures from the 1941 census,
exec U ive of 314,584 enlisted mem
bers 1n the armed forces, ipdicate
tnat 4,192, 95}
cent of the civillar population were

persovs. or 51 per

engaved in the labor force in the
mine provinces of Canada at that
time. Of. this number 192.299 per
sons we'e no! at work on June 2,
1941, because of no job illness,
vacation, etc An additional 152,
1201 persons unde: 25 wea s of age
were seeki, g their fizst jobs
Petiadic sample sutver s.conduct
ed by the Dominion Bureau or Sta
tis ies that

labor force bas ine: cased Consiaet-

show the s'ze of the

ably since the time of the 194] cen-

sus. In the week ended Auvust
19, 1950 the civiltan tabor toree in
the ten ‘provinces: of Canada totail-
ed > 324,000 —a substantial advan-
Ce OVET 194%, even after due allow

is Wade tor the Laber force
addition-for Newfound ard This

fivure constituie?d S55 percent of the

total civilian popnulation.14 vears of

ave’ and over at that date The
total number or employed persous
‘during this week wags % 221 000

while the number of unemployed
;versons reco‘ded was

103.000 o1
jabout two percent of the total labor
/force The total nymber of persons
14 years of age and over notin the
labor force during this week was
4 39% 000 of whom 3 220,000 were
reported as keeping house, 890.000

fas retired or voientarilv idle Cin

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(cluding students on vacation), ana
(264 000 as

too old to work

permanently unable or

In tne 1981 cen-ns all persons in

School Broaacasts

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Canada 14 wears of age and over
will be asked to report their chief

activitv during the week ending
June 2, 1951. ‘Thev will be asked
to state whether they were working,
had a job but were not at work,
were seeking work, keeping house,
going to school, reiired or volun
tarily idle, or permanently unable
to work With the exception of
those who worked or were perman-
ently unable to work, tbev will be
asked alse whether or not they did
any work for pav or profit or work
ed without pav in an. enterprize
owned and operated bv a related
member of thé household during
that week The purpose of these
two questions is to obtain infor-
mation op employment and unem

ployment in the labor force during

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the week prior to the census date,
so that the population !4 vears of
age and over can be classified into
the various labor force and »non-
labor foree categories. In addition
emploved persons will be asked to
state the numbet of hours worked
during the week prior to the census
date.

Classified Ads

FOR SALE—Maroon English style
baby carriage with mattress, in excellent
condition. Also % size bed with spring
filled mattress. Reasonable. Phone 83X.

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE—Small
house and garage. Apply H. C. Wulff,
Merrill and Ring Road, east of Britannia
Highway.

Advertise that coming-event.

Prime Minister of Canada

E. ST. LAURENT

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