Chapter I: Foreword: vii

I. WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA 9

II. THE HOME OF A NATION 25

III. THE MAKING OF MODERN CANADA 31

IV. THE ROMANCE OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION 50

V. SETTLING ON THE LAND 70

VI. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 104

VII. “REAL ESTATE” 146

VIII. THE HOMES OF CANADA 164

IX. LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY 183

ILLUSTRATIONS

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PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA _Frontispiece_

THE “EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” WITH EMIGRANTS AT RIMOUSKI 18

SIX MONTHS OUT FROM HOME 24

QUEBEC FROM THE RIVER 34

COUNTRY SCENE IN OTTAWA 44

THE POWER PLOUGH IN SASKATCHEWAN 62

EVANGELINE’S WELL, ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, NOVA SCOTIA 70

STEAM PLOUGH IN ALBERTA 84

TORONTO, YONGE STREET 104

GALA DAY AT WINNIPEG 116

REGINA 126

CALGARY 137

PLOUGHING AND HARVESTING 164

STRATHCONA MONUMENT AT MONTREAL 171

A SASKATOON SCHOOL 182

EMIGRANTS LANDED AT QUEBEC 188