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THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — CANADA

governed by a Commissioner and an Executive Council of ten members elected by the people.

Area and Population.

Year

Population

Year

Populatiou

1801

240,000

1881

4,324,810

1825

581,920

1891

4,833,239

1851

1,842,265

1901

5,371,315

1861

3,090,561

1911

7,204,838

1871

3,635,024

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The following are the areas of the provinces, in 1911, with the population at the census of 1911, redistribution being made in the case of the North- west Territories created Provinces by Federal Acts of 1905 .—

Province

Prince Edward Island i Nova Scotia i. New Brunswick i . Quebec i 3 . Ontario i ^ . Manitoba 2 3. British Columbia i Alberta 2

Saskatchewan - . Yukon . North- West Territories

Totals

Land Area sq. miles.

2,184

21,068

27,911

690,865

365,880

231,926

353,416

252 925

243^382

206,427

1,207,926

3,603,910

Water

Areai

sq. miles.

Total Ai-ea sq miles.

360

74

15,969

41,382

19,906

2,439

2,360

8,318

649

34,298

125,755

2,184

21,428

27.985

706,834

407,262

251,832

355,855

255,285

251,700

207,076

1,242,224

3,729,665

Popula- tion, 1901

103,259

459,574

331,120

1,648,898

2,182,947

255,211

178,657

72,841

91,460

27,219

20,129

5,371,315

Popula- tion, 1911.

93,728

492,338

351,889

2,002,712

2,523,274

455,614

392,480

374,663

492,432

8.512

17,196

Pop. per sq.

mile (Land Area)

1911

7,204,838

42-91

22-98 12ri 5-69 9-67 618 1-09 1-47 1-95 0-04

1-93

1 The water areas here assigned to Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and British Columbia are exclusive of the territorial seas, that to Quebec is exclusive ot the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ontario is inclusive of the Canadian portions of the great lakes

of the St. Lawrence. , , , „.„ ►,^„ • v i -a +

2 In 1906 Manitoba had 365,688, Alberta 185,412, and Saskatchewan 257,763 inhabitants.

3 By Federal Act passed during the session of 1912, the boundaries of the provinces ot Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba were extended at the expense of the North-west ierri- tories. Ontario was enlarged by 146,400 square miles, Quebec by 354,961, and Manitoba by 178.100.

In 1911 there were 3,821,067 males and 3,383,771 females.

British N. America

United Kingdom .

Other parts of tlie Empire

United States

Germany

Russia ....

Population according to birth, 1901.

4,671,815

386,545

19,338

127,899

27,300

31,231

Scandinavia

France . . . .

Italy, Spain and Portugal

China

Elsewhere ....

Population according to birth, 1901.

12,331

7,944

7,124

17,043

62,745

English-speaking persons numbered 3,721,944, and French-speaking

1,649,371. In 1910, there were 110,597 Indians.