Canada Year Book 1976-1977. Special Edition: An Annual Review of Economic, Social and Political Developments in Canada

1168 Pages·133.756 MB·English

by  Peter Kirkham (ed.)

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• provides facts and statistics, the
latest available, against a mirror
of recent history
The Canada Year Book describes
the land and—probes into the lives of
the people population charac-
teristics, government organizations,
economic and social conditions. It
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students, educators, librarians,
researchers, parliamentarians,
public sen/ants and businessmen.
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Special Edition
An annual review
of economic, social and political
developments in Canada
Published by authority of the
Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce
^ MinisterofSupply and ServicesCanada 1977
Available by mail from
Publications Distribution
StatisticsCanada
Ottawa, Canada KIA 0T6
Printingand Publishing
Supply and ServicesCanada
Ottawa. Canada KIA 0S9
or through your bookseller
Catalogue No. CSll-202/1977
ISBN 0-660-00761-4
Price, Canada: S12.50
Othercountries: $15.00
Price subject tochange without notice
Typesetting: Southam Business Publications Limited, Contract OKP6-1910
Printing: Librairie Beauchemin Limiiee, Contract02KT 6-8176A
Preface
Thisspecialeditionofthe Canada YearBookshouldstandasalandmarkinstatistical
recordsforit isa bridge between the oldand new systems ofmeasurement. All data
in imperial units are repeated in metric and all imperial tables are followed by
equivalent metric tables in colour for immediate identification.
It is planned that future editions willcarry metric measurements only for many
sectors ofthe economy. In other areas, both imperial and metric will be continued
until conversion is complete.
The Canada Year Book 1976-77 covers as much information as is usually
contained in two separate editions. Since the series began in 1905, such double-year
volumes have been produced periodically to provide continuity of reporting. An
earlierserieswaspublishedbetween 1885and 1904,basedonthefirst Year-Bookand
Almanac ofBritish North Americafor 1867.
The latest information available at time ofpreparation is given. More than 600
tables, meticulously compiled from hundreds of official sources, provide details
along with data from recent years. In every chapter, sources are listed. The
appendices, going beyond statistics, give useful information about federal
government departments and agencies, a summary of legislation of a two-year
period, a chronology ofsignificant events, Canadian honours, Canada's diplomatic
andconsularservice, and booksabout Canada. The introductoryarticle onCanada's
conversion to the metric system was authorized by Metric Commission Canada.
This bookcould not have been compiled without the assistance and specialized
knowledge ofhundreds ofexperts outside ofas well as within StatisticsCanada. We
gratefully acknowledge their contribution.
Peter Kirkham
ChiefStatistician ofCanada
Ottawa, December 1977
ProducedbytheCanadaYearBookSection
InformationServices,StatisticsCanada
AssistantDirector-Pubiisining:Tom Mitchell
Editor:BorgnyEileraasPearson
Frencheditorandtechnicaladviser: FrancesL.O'Malley
Productionsupervisorandeditoroftables:EllaBlair
Editorialassistants:J.H.Johnstone, DianeBasso,
DenisSchuthe,Susan Aldridge
Production liaison:AliceGuay
Productionassistants: PatriciaHarris, Audrey Miles,
LouiseCojbasic, HelenWieland
Bookdesign:SarahGould
Coverandjacketdesign:JohnMacCraken
Chartpreparation:CharlesGravel,GerardMontplaisir,
DanielleBaum
Endleafmaps:DepartmentofEnergy, MinesandResources
MetricCoordinatorforStatisticsCanada:JackMacKinnon
Verificationofmetricconversions:AlmaBrown,ConstanceBlakey