CANADA'S CENSUS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1297, 28 November 1911, Page 9

CANADA'S CENSUS.

EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION. The preliminary returns of the Canadian Census shows that the population i< 7,1Q0,0W), excluding several of the districts from which returns are not yet complete, but are expected to bring the total up t. o 7,170,000.. This is an increase of 1>710.554 Jh;'.tbe.'.last ten years, but the figures are considerably bslow tho estimate of 8000 - npa'based on the emigration reports, and making allowances for natural- increase of;pophlation. ... The following mc the returns from the different provinces ii» mil compared with those ol tho last census in 1901:— .;;' V 1911. ' 1901. Bntifh.Columbia ... 362,768 178,637 Manitoba 454,691 255 211 New, Brunswick 351.815 331 120 Nova Scotia 451,8-17. 45!),57.4 Ontario 2,510,902 ■ 2,182,947 Prince Edward Isl'd. 9:1,72:3 . iOT'S9 2,000,697 1.G1938 Niskatchewau ......... 4M.508 91.279 N.-Weat Territories 10,000 20,129 The increase of population of the vari bus. cities in .the last ten years is shown uy.thc following table:— ".'• Inc. since w ■■ ' 1911. 1901. Vancouver 100,333 7332') Winnipeg 135,430 93>090 Toronto/ 37G,2*1 168.200 Bydnoy,' Nova Scotia ... .17,617 7 7(w Montreal ~ 468,197 198i(67 As the unit of representation in Parliament is fixed by the proportion of the population of Quebec to a constant of members, the result of the census, indicates that Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island each lose one member. while Ontario gains three, and the Western Provinces gain fifteen in addition to the present reprwsntation of twenty-five members.