CANADA'S GROWTH.
GREAT INFLUX. » By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht Ottawa, April 25. Canadian Northern railway officials estimate that '15,000 American farmers will settle along the railway during 1911. The influx to tho Dominion this year is estimated le cxcecd 200,000. A BANNER YEAR. Speaking in the Canadian House of Commons recently the Hon. Frank Oliver. Minister 61"tho Interior, stated that 1911 would be a. banner year for immigration. In 1897, only 21,716 immigrants came to Canada. In 1900 the number rose to 49,149, while in 1909 it was 189,001. Now it is well over 300,000. Quoting from figures recently compiled, tho Minister said that between April 1 last year and January 1, 1911, no fewer than 98,955 persons had como to Canada from Great Britain. The United States had supplied 102,117 immigrants during the period named, and Europe 50,828. It is estimated that 100,000 United States settlers brought into the Canadian West capital to tho amount of 50,000,000 dollars last year.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1112, 27 April 1911, Page 5
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159CANADA'S GROWTH. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1112, 27 April 1911, Page 5
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