Chapter XI: Appendix: Note a

LIST OF DOMINION AND PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS WHO WILL GIVE INFORMATION
ABOUT CANADA.

DOMINION AGENTS.

_England_:

Mr. J. Obed Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Emigration, 11-12, Charing Cross, London, S.W.

Mr. A. F. Jury, 48, Lord Street, Liverpool.

Canadian Government Agent, 139, Corporation Street, Birmingham.

Canadian Government Agent, 81, Queen Street, Exeter.

Mr. L. Burnett, 16, Parliament Street, York.

_Scotland_:

Mr. J. K. Miller, 107, Hope Street, Glasgow.

Mr. G. G. Archibald, 26, Guild Street, Aberdeen.

_Ireland_:

Mr. John Webster, 17-19, Victoria Street, Belfast.

Mr. Edward O’Kelly, 44, Dawson Street, Dublin.

PROVINCIAL AGENTS.

_For Nova Scotia_:

Mr. John Howard, Agent-General for Nova Scotia, 57a, Pall Mall, London, S.W., will also furnish information respecting the province.

When a person arrives in Nova Scotia and wishes to secure farm work, he should apply at once to the Dominion Immigration Agent in Halifax, or to Mr. Arthur S. Barnstead, the Secretary of Industries and Immigration for the province, 197, Hollis Street, Halifax.

_For New Brunswick_:

Call on or write to Mr. A. Bowder, New Brunswick Representative, 37, Southampton Street, London, W.C.; or to Mr. Jas. Gilchrist, Superintendent of Immigration, 4, Church Street, St. John, N.B., Canada.

_For Prince Edward Island_:

Apply to J. E. B. McCready, Publicity Agent, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

_For Quebec_:

Apply personally or by letter to—

Hon. Dr. Pelletier, Agent-General of the Province of Quebec, 36, Kingsway, London, England.

The Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries, Quebec, Canada.

Captain Labelle, Immigration Buildings, Quebec, Canada.

Mr. Emile Marquette, 82, St. Antoine Street, Montreal, Canada.

Mr. J. A. Cook, Secretary, Eastern Townships Associated Boards of Trade, Sherbrooke, Quebec.

_For Ontario_:

Apply to—

N. B. Colcock, Ontario Government Agent, 163, Strand, London, England.

H. A. Macdonell, Director of Colonization, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

_For Manitoba_:

J. Bruce Walker, Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

_For Saskatchewan_:

Information may be obtained by writing to the Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, Regina, Saskatchewan.

_For Alberta_:

Address all inquiries to Chief Publicity Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Edmonton, Alberta.

_For British Columbia_:

Address Hon. J. H. Turner, Agent-General for British Columbia, Salisbury House, Finsbury Circus, London, England; or the Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria, B.C.

No fees are charged by Government Agents.

NOTE B.

SYNOPSIS OF DOMINION LAND REGULATIONS.

Any male over eighteen years old, or a widow who is the sole head of a family, may homestead a quarter-section (one hundred and sixty acres) of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The applicant must appear in person at the Dominion lands agency or sub-agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency on certain conditions by father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader.

_Duties._—Six months’ residence upon and cultivation of at least thirty acres of the land, a proportion of which has to be done in each of three years. A homesteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at least eighty acres solely owned and occupied by him or by his father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. The erection on the homestead of a house worth $300 (£60).

In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a quarter section alongside his homestead. Price $3 (12_s._ 6_d._) per acre.

_Duties._—Must reside six months in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra. The erection on the homestead or pre-emption of a house worth $300 (£60).

A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and cannot obtain a pre-emption may take a purchased homestead in certain districts. Price $3 (12_s._ 6_d._) per acre.

_Duties._—Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate fifty acres and erect a house worth $300 (£60).

Newly-arrived immigrants will receive at any Dominion lands office in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, information as to the lands that are open for entry in that district, and from the officers in charge, free of expense, advice and assistance in securing lands to suit them. Full information respecting the land, timber, coal and mineral laws may be obtained on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of the Interior, Ottawa; or the Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dominion land agents can furnish information regarding land in their respective districts only.

NOTE C.

REQUIREMENTS AS TO MONEY IMMIGRANTS MUST HAVE IN POSSESSION ON LANDING.

Between November 1 and February 28, the Canadian Government requires that adult passengers shall have at least $50 (£10) in their possession at time of landing, and $25 (£5) for each person under eighteen, together with necessary transportation, or money equal to cost of transportation, to their destination in Canada. Between March 1 and October 30 the money requirement is $25 (£5) and $12·50 (£2 10_s._). Exceptions to this are persons going as farm labourers and domestic servants who can prove to Immigration Authorities that they have assured employment. They must also be provided with means to reach destination. Also immigrants, whether male or female, going to reside with a relative who is able and willing to support such immigrant, providing immigrant has the means of reaching the place of residence of such relative:—

1. Wife going to husband.
2. Child going to parent.
3. Brother or sister going to brother.
4. Minor going to married or independent sister.
5. Parent going to son or daughter.

NOTE D.

COST OF PASSAGE AND BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE.

There are no assisted passages except, in some provinces, loans by Government to domestic servants. The steamship fares are: Second class, from £8 to £12; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, £1. Third class, £5 to £10; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, 10_s._ The fare by rail charged to newcomers is one penny a mile.

Colonists are allowed free on ocean steamers twenty cubic feet of baggage for second cabin, and ten cubic feet third-class. On railways in Canada and the States one hundred and fifty pounds for each adult, and seventy-five pounds for each child’s half-fare ticket are carried free, but this applies only to personal effects. No single piece of baggage of over two hundred and fifty pounds will be carried on passenger trains, but must be sent by goods train. This must be done also, at additional charge, in the case of all goods not wearing apparel or personal effects.

If free baggage allowance as above is exceeded, the extra charge on steamship will be 9_d._ per cubic foot, second cabin; and 6_d._ per cubic foot, third-class. On the railways the extra charge will be 12 per cent. of the colonist fare for each one hundred pounds or part thereof.

SALVATION ARMY TICKETS COVERING COST OF BED AND FOOD ON RAIL AT
INCLUSIVE RATES.

To Vancouver, for British Columbia, £17 15_s._; to Calgary, £15; to Medicine Hat, £14 10_s._; to Regina, £13 10_s._; to Winnipeg, for Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, £12 5_s._; to Toronto, for Ontario (10_s._ less from Southampton), £9 5_s._ The figures quoted cover third-class accommodation on the ocean and colonist railway car in Canada. Passengers travelling second-class on the ship can add the extra.

For particulars apply to Commissioner D. C. Lamb, 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.; or any of the following branch offices: 170A, London Road, Liverpool; 5, Denmark Street, Bristol; 74, Cobourg Street, Plymouth; 203, Hope Street, Glasgow; and 222, Albert Bridge Road, Belfast.

The Army also has a fully-equipped department for dealing with first and second-class business. Address: 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.

NOTE E.

“SETTLERS’ EFFECTS DUTY FREE.”

The following is an extract from the Customs tariff of Canada, specifying the articles which can be entered by settlers free of duty:

_Item_ 455. _Settlers’ Effects, viz._:—Wearing apparel, books, usual and reasonable household furniture and other household effects; instruments and tools of trade, occupation or employment, guns, musical instruments, domestic sewing machines, typewriters, bicycles, carts, waggons and other highway vehicles, agricultural implements, and live stock for the farm, not to include live stock or articles for sale, or for use as a contractor’s outfit, nor vehicles nor implements moved by mechanical power, nor machinery for use in any manufacturing establishment; all the foregoing if actually owned abroad by the settler for at least six months before his removal to Canada and subject to regulations by the Minister of Customs: Provided that any dutiable articles entered as settlers’ effects may not be so entered unless brought by the settler on his first arrival, and shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of without payment of duty until after twelve months’ actual use in Canada.

The settler will be required to fill up a form (which will be supplied to him by the Customs officer on application) giving description, value, etc., of the goods and articles he wishes to be allowed to bring in free of duty.

NOTE F.

YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS DIRECTORY, ETC.

_Directory of the Young Women’s Christian Associations of Canada._
_Ontario_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Berlin, 72, Queen St. E.
Brantford, Victoria Park Miss Best.
Hamilton, 17, Main St. W. Miss I. Mackenzie.
Kingston, 196, Johnson St. Miss L. K. Knowles.
London, 510, Wellington St.
326, Dundas St.
Ottawa, 135, Metcalfe St. Miss C. Sutcliffe.
Peterborough, 230, Simcoe Mrs. Grey.
Stratford, 45, Waterloo St. Miss Dand.
St. Thomas, 250, Talbot St. Miss B. K. Gunn.
Toronto, 18 Elm St. Miss Pierce.
Elm House, 18 Elm St.
Simcoe House, 180, Simcoe St.
Dufferin House, 248, Dufferin St.
Pembroke House, 76, Pembroke St.
Alexandra House, 240, St. Patrick
St.
Ontario House, 698, Ontario St.
Club Rooms, 1684, Dundas St. Miss Steinhoff.
Educational Building, 21, McGill Miss A. Peacock,
St. Educational Secretary.

_Quebec_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Montreal, 502, Dorchester St. W.
Montreal Branch, 39, McGill Col.
Ave.
151, Fairmount Ave.
Quebec, 125, St. Anne St. Miss Townsend.
Sherbrooke, 2, Moore St.

_Nova Scotia_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Halifax, 65, Hollis St. Miss Harrington.

_Manitoba_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Brandon, 117, Tenth St. Miss E. McGregor.
148, Eleventh St.
Winnipeg, Ellice Ave. West Miss N. Elliott.
Branches, 35-37, Hargrave St.
Corner Logan and Martha Streets.

_Saskatchewan_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Moose Jaw, 26, Ominica St. Miss W. Marlatt.
Prince Albert, 187, Ninth St. Miss Medhurst.
Regina, 1950, Lorne Ave. Miss Morton.
Saskatoon, Third Ave. and Miss Tuckey.
Twenty-fourth St.

_Alberta_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Calgary, 223, 12th Ave. W. Miss Glass.
Edmonton, 526, Third St. Miss Lukes.
First Avenue, South.

_British Columbia_:

Name. Address. General Secretary.
Vancouver, 997, Dunsmuir St. Miss M. O. Anderson.
Branches, 1017, Dunsmuir St.;
1008, Eveleigh St.;
832, Pender St. E.
Victoria, 1904, Quadra St. Miss Bradshaw.

A Secretary will meet all steamers at Quebec, and will be glad to render assistance to those arriving.

In many of the large city depôts there is a Traveller’s Aid Secretary, whom it is wise to consult if desirous of any information.

Young women coming as strangers are urged not to seek advice from any but uniformed officers, deaconesses and Traveller’s Aid Secretaries.

The Young Women’s Christian Association is a recognised centre where any young woman may go for advice.

SALVATION ARMY HOSTELS FOR WOMEN-IMMIGRANTS.—Cathcart Lodge, 24, Cathcart Street, Montreal; Rosedale Lodge, 916, Yonge Street, Toronto; Balmoral Lodge, Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg; and Pleasant Lodge, 75, Seventh Avenue East, Vancouver.

_Women Domestics._

The Salvation Army Emigration Department undertakes:

1. To advance, if necessary, by way of loan, part of the passage money to approved domestic servants.

2. To give free and disinterested advice as to the best locality in which to settle and the best time to go.

3. To safely take parties of girls to Canada under the care of experienced conductors.

4. To have parties of girls met by our own officers on arrival in Canada, conducted through the Customs and to the trains, and thence to their destinations.

5. To guarantee employment before leaving England to all domestic servants emigrating to Canada under our auspices.

6. To accommodate girls in one of our four Hostels in Canada, should it be necessary to wait a day or two before going to their situations.

BRITISH WELCOME LEAGUE (for Men, Women and Children), 4 Spadina Avenue,
Toronto.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Dominion Headquarters),15, Toronto
Street, Toronto.
IMPERIAL HOME REUNION ASSOCIATION.

Winnipeg Offices: The Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, Main and Water Streets (’Phone M 1,000). (Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum charged on all loans.) Branches at Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Hamilton, Brandon, Ottawa, Regina, Red Deer, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, St. John, Medicine Hat, Halifax, Nelson, Gait, Weyburn, Dauphin, Victoria, Fort William, Lethbridge, London, Peterborough.

NOTE G.

BRITISH EQUIVALENT OF CANADIAN MONEY.

_s. _d.
_ _
5 cents (known as a “nickel”) 2½
10 cents 5
( “ “ “dime”)
25 cents 1 0½
( “ “ “quarter”)
1 dollar = 4_s._ 2_d._
An English sovereign is worth
$4·86.

INDEX

Aberdeen, Earl of, 41
Abraham, Plains of, 2
Addresses of Government Immigration Agents, etc., 295
Agricultural Associations, 61, 125, 176, 265
Agricultural Colleges, 105, 176, 188
Agriculture, 35;
importance of, 65, 88;
in Alberta, 65, 213-220;
in British Columbia, 65, 233-236;
in Manitoba, 65, 189-192;
in New Brunswick, 108, 109, 118-125;
in Nova Scotia, 102-105;
in Ontario, 168-170;
in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133-135;
in Quebec, 152-156;
in Saskatchewan, 65, 194, 198, 199.
Agriculture, Department of, 125
Alberta, 65, 209-222
Arctic Circle, 240
Associations helpful to immigrants:
British Welcome League, 282, 304;
Bureau of Industries and Immigration, Nova Scotia, 281;
Imperial Home Reunion Association, 187, 255, 274, 304;
Salvation Army, 282, 303, 304;
Young Men’s Christian Association, 304;
Young Women’s Christian Association, 282, 301
Associations, Women’s, 272-273, 283, 301-304
Atlantic Ocean, 25

Baggage, 299, 300
Barnstead, Arthur S., 256
Berlin, 168
Bible Society, British and Foreign, 64
Bigot, Intendant, 141
Boundaries of Canada, 17
Brant, 45
Brantford, 45, 168
British-Canadians, 4, 5
British Columbia, 65, 223-239, 257, 258
British North America Act, 30, 33, 36
Brown, George, 29
By, Colonel John, 37
Bytown (_see_ Ottawa), 39

Calgary, 21, 222
Canadian Forestry Association, 68
Canals and waterways, 75, 76, 147, 164
Cariboo Road, 232
Cartier, Jacques, 138, 139
Census, 31, 48, 274
Champlain, Samuel, 2, 139
Charlottetown, 29, 129-131, 133, 135
Charwomen, 268
“Chinook” wind, 212
Climate, 19, 69, 70;
of Alberta, 211-213;
of British Columbia, 226-228;
of Manitoba, 179-180;
of New Brunswick, 109, 110;
of Nova Scotia, 94;
of Ontario, 162, 163;
of Prince Edward Island, 128;
of Quebec, 144-146, 156;
of Saskatchewan, 197, 198
Coal, 71, 221
Coast Ranges, 223
Cobalt, 71, 165
Confederation, 16, 26-41, 80, 89, 183
Conservation Commission, 68, 69
Co-operation, 206, 216, 222
Criticisms of Canada, 89-91
Crown lands (_see_ Revenue).
Cunard, Samuel, 94

Dawson (city), 2, 239, 241
Dawson, Sir William, 94, 158
Diamond, Cape, 2
Dufferin, Lord, 41
Durham, Lord, 15

Eastern Townships (Quebec), 152-157
Edmonton, 210, 221, 222
Education, 10, 28, 43, 49, 56-60, 253;
in Alberta, 221;
in British Columbia, 57, 237;
in Manitoba, 188;
in New Brunswick, 124;
in Nova Scotia, 105;
in Ontario, 175;
in Prince Edward Island, 135;
in Quebec, 157, 158;
in Saskatchewan, 206, 207, 263
Electricity (_see_ Water-powers).
Emigration agents, Canadian Government, 281
Eskimos, 47-48, 241
Evans, 46

Farmer, first, 151
Farmers wanted, 249, 290
Farm lands to be purchased, 42, 123, 134, 152, 154, 169, 173, 191, 236
Farm pupils, 249
“Farm Settlement Board,” New Brunswick, 123
Farms, “ready-made,” 123, 217, 218
Fisheries, 72, 73, 241;
in British Columbia, 229, 230;
in Manitoba, 189;
in New Brunswick, 116, 117;
in Nova Scotia, 97-99;
in Ontario, 164;
in Prince Edward Island, 133;
in Quebec, 151
Fleming, Sir Sandford, 80
Forest Reserves, 68, 149, 167
Fox farming, Pr. E. I., 137
Franchise, parliamentary, 33, 49
Fredericton, 111, 121, 124, 125
“Free Grants,” 42;
conditions of, 258, 272, 297;
in Alberta, 219;
in Manitoba, 191;
in New Brunswick, 122;
in Ontario, 172;
in Saskatchewan, 207
French-Canadians, 2, 23, 27, 48
Frontenac, Count, 81
Fruit-growing, in British Columbia, 233, 234, 236, 238;
in New Brunswick, 119, 125;
in Nova Scotia, 103, 104;
in Ontario, 169, 170
Fur trade, 118, 151, 241

Game, large, 117, 151
Gold, discoveries in British Columbia, 231, 232
Government, Dominion, 26-41, 43, 54, 256;
Provincial, 13-16, 32, 34, 35, 36, 256;
in Alberta, 209;
in New Brunswick, 126;
in Nova Scotia, 102;
in Ontario, 175;
in Prince Edward Island, 131, 132;
in Quebec, 143;
in Saskatchewan, 207
Grain-growers’ Associations, 205
“Great Clay Belt,” 79, 173
Guelph, 176

“Habitants,” French-Canadian, 23, 140-141
Haliburton, Judge, 94
Halifax, N.S., 93, 101
Hamilton, 168
Herschel Island, 240
“Hired girls” (_see_ Women, occupations of).
“Hired men,” 171, 250, 262
Homesteads (_see_ Free Grants).
House of Commons, 31
Houses, 174
Howe, Joseph, 102
Hudson Bay, 21, 178, 182
Hudson Bay Company, 19, 43, 182-183, 231, 240

Immigrants, class of, wanted, 243-275;
British, 277;
child, 285-286;
deported, 290;
foreign, 62-63, 192, 203, 221, 230, 238, 245-249
Immigration, 35, 49-52, 53, 243-275
Immigration chaplains, 283
Immigration halls, 282
Indians, 3, 43-47, 241
Inglis, General, 94
Iron Manufacture, 71, 150
Irrigation, Alberta, 217;
British Columbia, 228

Japanese current, 19, 212, 226
Jesuits, 45
Journeys, old-time, 9, 78;
in wilderness, 210, #211

Kingston, 38
Kootenay District, 227, 234

Lady-helps (_see_ Home-helps).
Lake Ontario, 9
Lake Superior, 43
Lakes, 21, 210;
in Alberta, 211;
in Manitoba, 180;
in Ontario, 164;
in Saskatchewan, 195
Land regulations, Dominion, 297
Lands, 42, 56
La Tour, 113
Libraries, 175
London, 168
Lorne, Marquis of, 41
Lower Canada (_see_ Quebec), 17
Loyalists, United Empire, 5, 13, 45, 114, 161
Loyalty of Canada, 4, 12-13, 52
Lumbering, 39, 66, 67;
in British Columbia, 233;
New Brunswick, 114-116;
Nova Scotia, 99;
Ontario, 166, 167;
Quebec, 150;
Saskatchewan, 199

Macdonald, Sir John A., 29
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 225
Maisonneuve, 138
Manitoba, 31, 65, 178-193
Manufactures, 86-89;
in New Brunswick, 118;
in Nova Scotia, 100;
in Ontario, 168;
in Quebec, 148, 149
Maritime Provinces, 9, 20, 29, 30, 77 (_see_ Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island).
Medicine Hat, 221, 222
Minerals and mining, 71, 100, 150, 151, 165, 221, 231, 232, 239, 257
“Mixed farming,” 65, 96, 189, 191, 214, 215
Mohawk Reserve (_see_ Brantford).
Money, Canadian, 305
Money required by immigrants, 298
Montreal, 138, 148, 270
Moose Jaw, 207
Motherwell, Hon. W. R., 205
Muskegs, 210

“National Policy,” 86
New Brunswick, 5, 29, 108-126
Newfoundland, 30
New France (_see_ Quebec).
North-West Rebellion, 201
Nova Scotia, 5, 29, 92-107, 257, 281
Nova Scotian, 23

Okanagan District, 234
Ontario, 5, 20, 31, 86, 159-177
Opportunities, special, 22, 169, 190
Oregon, Treaty of, 231
Orleans, Isle of, 1
Ottawa, 37-41, 168

Pacific Ocean, 18, 20
Panama Canal, 74, 235
Peace River District, 212, 235
Pioneers, 67, 152, 161, 174;
British, 3;
French, 2, 274;
hardships of, 7, 61, 259-262
Plateau, 21
Police, North-West Mounted, 55, 205, 240
Population, origin of, etc., 89;
Eskimo, 48;
immigrant, 49-52;
Indian, 48;
of Manitoba, 184, 192;
of New Brunswick, 113, 114, 126;
of Nova Scotia, 106;
of Ontario, 175;
of Prince Edward Island, 132;
of Quebec, 146;
of Saskatchewan, 203
Pre-emptions, British Columbia, 236, 237
Prince Albert, 196, 200, 207
Prince Edward Island, 5, 29, 30, 87, 127-137
Prince Rupert, 18, 227, 259
Pulpwood, 115, 160, 167, 181

Quarter-sections, 42, 262
Quebec (city), 1, 30, 139, 140, 148, 283
Quebec (province), 5, 20, 30, 31, 138-158
Quebec Act, 4, 143

Railway, Canadian Northern, 82, 83, 186, 201;
Canadian Pacific, 76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 148, 165, 186, 201, 217,
220, 229, 235, 236;
Grand Trunk System, 78, 79, 121, 148, 173, 186, 202, 220, 235;
Intercolonial, 77, 78, 80, 129;
National Transcontinental (_see_ Grand Trunk);
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario, 165, 173
Railways, 43, 76, 77, 79, 83-85, 173, 209, 224, 228, 291
Ranches, cattle, 213;
fruit, 234
Red Deer, 215
Red River Rebellion, 184
Regina, 207
Religion, 10, 49, 61-63, 241, 253, 263, 273, 283;
in Manitoba, 192;
in New Brunswick, 126;
in Nova Scotia, 107;
in Ontario, 161, 175, 177;
in Prince Edward Island, 136;
in Quebec, 157;
in Saskatchewan, 204, 205
“Remittance-man,” 244
Revenues, Dominion, 36, 42;
Provincial, 36
Rideau Hall, 40
Riel, Louis, 184, 185, 201
River, Athabasca, 211;
Bow, 217;
Columbia, 229;
Coppermine, 48;
Fraser, 228, 229, 232;
Grand, 45;
Klondyke, 239;
Kootenay, 228, 229;
Laird, 229;
Mackenzie, 48, 240, 241;
Naas, 229;
Ottawa (or Grand), 38, 163;
Peace, 211;
St. John, 111-114, 120;
St. Lawrence, 1, 18, 138, 159, 163;
Saskatchewan, 196;
Skeena, 229;
Stickine, 229;
Thompson, 229, 232;
Yukon, 239
Rivers, 21, 121
Roads, 121
Rocky Mountains, 21, 210, 211
Roman Catholics, 4, 28, 143, 175, 241

St. John (city), 121
St. John River (_see_ Rivers).
Salvation Army, The, 282, 303, 304
Saskatchewan, province, 65, 194-208, 260
Saskatchewan, River (_see_ Rivers).
Saskatoon, 196, 207
Sault Ste. Marie, 75, 164
Section, 42
Seigneurial tenure, 142
Selkirk Mountains, 233
Selkirk Settlers, 182, 183
Senate, Dominion, 31
Sherbrooke, 153
Shipping, 73, 74, 99, 147
Simcoe, Governor, 12
Smith, Goldwin, 32
Social life, 262-265
Soil and surface, 7, 20;
in Alberta, 209-211, 213;
in British Columbia, 223-225;
in Manitoba, 180, 181;
in New Brunswick, 118, 119;
in Nova Scotia, 95, 96;
in Ontario, 162;
in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133, 134;
in Saskatchewan, 195, 196
Strathcona, Lord (Sir Donald Smith), 81
Sudbury, 71, 165, 166
Sulte, Benjamin, 143

Taché, Sir Etienne, 29
Taxation, 36
Telephone, rural, 176, 263
Temperance, 55, 135, 273
Tickets, 292, 300
Toronto, 40, 168, 255, 256, 270, 282
Townships, 42
“Treaty,” with Indians (_see_ Franchise).

“United Farmers,” Alberta, 205, 216
Universities, 57, 58, 105, 124, 158, 175, 188, 207, 221, 238
Upper Canada (_see also_ Ontario), 5, 7, 12, 17

Vancouver, City, 18, 23, 227, 235, 237, 259
Vancouver, Island, 231, 232, 234
Victoria, 18, 23, 227, 232

Wages, in Alberta, 219;
in Manitoba, 192, 193;
in New Brunswick, 124;
in Nova Scotia, 106;
in Ontario, 171;
in Prince Edward Island, 136;
in Quebec, 155;
in Saskatchewan, 208;
for women, 268, 270, 271
Wallis, Sir Provo, 194
Wampum, 46
War of 1812 . . ., 11
Warnings to immigrants, 174, 193, 237, 276-280
Water-powers, 87, 100, 148, 160, 176
Wheat, 82, 179, 183, 189, 194, 195, 198, 199, 214, 215
Winnipeg, 21, 178, 180, 182, 184-190, 255, 269, 270
Wolfe, General, 2
Women, 258;
as charwomen, 268;
as domestic servants, 261, 264, 266, 290;
as dressmakers, 270;
in factories, 269;
in offices, 269;
in shops, 269;
in schools, 271;
in professions, 272
(_see_ Wages).
Women, National Council of, 272
Women’s Institutes and Societies, 61, 176, 265, 272
Workers on land needed, 249, 257;
skilled, in villages, 254

Yukon, 18, 239-240

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