16 STATISTICS OF EXPENDITURE AND 
which shew a low percentage of houses containing 6 to 10 rooms 
per house {which gives something more than the standard 
accommodation of one room one person) shew generally a high 
percentage of houses of four rooms or less, and also of houses of 
more than 10 rooms. Thus, in Montreal, 45.6 of the houses are 
of 4 rooms and less ; Quebec, St. John, Vancouver, Winnipeg and 
Ottawa, also give high percentages of houses of rather less than 
the standard accommodation ; and with the exception of Van- 
couver and Winnipeg, where the poor accommodation is, as we 
shall see, due to the newness of the cities, the same towns shew 
a high percentage of large houses of more than ten rooms. 
Montreal has a percentage of 10.0; Quebec, 16.6; Ottawa, 10.9 ; 
and St. John, the astonishing percentage of 20.3. Halifax is the 
only other city where the percentage of large houses reaches 
double figures. if we combine the results of the last table and 
recognize three classes of houses only, those of 4 rooms or less, 
those of 5 to LU rooms, and those with more than ten, we shall 
see at a glance where the conditions are extreme and where the 
arithmetical average expresses the truth of the situation :— 
| 4 rooms or less. 5 to 10 rooms. Morethan 10 rooms. 
Wancouversoeeeee ! 36.3 55.8 a2 
Winwiper. 6... S20: 30.6 63.8 5.2 
Stiwohnms ce san! 19.9 56.2 20.: 
Vinlkeuihiep a yee as aeons | 12,2 64.6 18) 
INGIROIM VO papas es ddonse EE 78.0 8.4 
Wondonmer ets ee 14.2 78.1 6.9 
RESINS StOM saeco cee | 22.3 67.1 6.2 
Vletewoonlhionmt goa o06e 13.1 80.9 6.2 
MMiontrealtansae. 2: , 45.6 44.1 10.0 
Mmwebeckee. teen cee 34.2 50.0 16.6 
Oiptianwvalsricnsice asic 19.9 68.7 10.9 
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It appears, therefore, that class distinctions are marked in 
three or four towns only: in St. Jonn, Montreal, and Quebec, 
and possibly in Ottawa ; that the three best housed towns where 
there are few extremes of wealth and poverty, are Toronto, 
London and Hamilton—which, with Kingston and Ottawa, 
