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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.
