CEF Total Occupation Statistics
The following represent the occupations of the CEF compiled after the war and published in C.E.F. Statistics (NAC, MG 30, Duguid Papers "CEF Statistics", Occupations1 )
Occupation
Percentage of CEF
Agriculture
19.8%
Manufacturing
12.6%
Labourers
12.3%
Transportation
9.5%
Building Trades
9.3%
Clerical
8.6%
Domestic and personal services
5.1%
Professional
4.8%
Mercantile
3.7%
Students
2.4%
Mining
2.3%
Forestry
1.9%
Engineers, Firemen
1.9%
Other
1.4%
Mechanics
1.1%
Printers, Engravers
1.0%
Civil and Municipal
1.0%
Unknown
0.8%
Hunting and fishing
0.7%
Not Specified
0.0%
Note 1: Extracted from Desmond Morton's "Fight or Pay ", Appendix Table A4