Quebec has the largest corset factory in the 

 Kmpire; there are twenty tanneries and thirty- 

 three boot and shoe factories. Other important 

 industries are woodworking, tobacco, biscuits, 

 clothing, wooden and steel shipbuilding, iron and 

 steel, railway shops, preserved and canned goods. 



The capital of old French Canada, so pic- 

 turesquely perched on the heights above the 

 mighty St. Lawrence, is the place where the old 

 and the new worlds meet, where romance slum- 

 bers and industry throbs. With countless attrac- 

 tions to the tourist and the student of history, it 

 consistently grows in its industrial and com- 

 mercial importance. There is only one Quebec, 

 and though ever changing and expanding, it 

 remains always the same. 



Saskatchewan Town-planning 



The necessity of having uniform regulations 

 in regard to the opening of new townsites and 

 other development work in the province of 

 Saskatchewan was early realized, and the pro- 

 vincial parliament enacted legislation which 

 provided that plans of any proposed new devel- 

 opment work should first be submitted to the 

 government and approval obtained before pro- 

 ceeding with it. 



The operation of this new Act was put under 

 the jurisdiction of the Department of Municipal 

 Affairs, under whom a very successful and aggres- 

 sive campaign along the lines as set forth in the 

 Act has been carried on. In commenting upon 

 the legislation, J. N. Bayne, Deputy-Minister of 

 Municipal Affairs at that time, said: "In the 

 minds of too many, town planning is not gener- 

 ally regarded as important. The impression that 

 layouts of townsites in villages, towns and cities, 

 and even of farms and farm land in the rural 

 areas, are not vital, is erroneous. . . . By-laws 

 and regulations for municipal institutions will be 

 suggested for the purpose of enabling these self- 

 governing bodies to ensure that townsites will be 

 laid out on modern healthful lines rather than for 

 the purpose of speedy sale and high profits for 

 the vendor." 



Organization of Commissions 



Throughout the province, various towns and 

 cities, notably Swift Current, Saskatoon and 

 Regina, have organized town-planning commis- 

 sions, building loan organizations and housing 

 commissions, and the Department of Municipal 

 Affairs is working in the closest harmony with 

 these various organizations for the betterment of 

 local conditions. In Regina, two housing schemes 

 have been projected by large industrial concerns 

 for the use of their employees, while in 1912 the 

 city of Regina erected a large number of houses 

 to provide shelter for families made destitute by 

 the great cyclone of that year. 



The Department receives a large number of 

 development plans for approval every year, and 



before approving of them careful study of the 

 proposed scheme is made by competent engi- 

 neers and surveyors, who are highly skilled in 

 their line of work. If it meets with approval the 

 Department then gives the applicant permission 

 to proceed with the development of the project. 

 By this means Saskatchewan land surveyors and 

 engineers are kept in close contact with all new 

 and proposed development work within the 

 boundaries of the province and are in a position 

 to co-operate with the government officials to 

 the best interests of all concerned. 



The first application for approval of a devel- 

 opment plan was received on August 31st, 1919. 

 Since that date and up to January 1, 1921, the 

 Department of Municipal Affairs has dealt with 

 the following classified summary : new townsites, 

 37 development plans; additions to hamlets, 25; 

 additions to villages, 72; additions to towns, 10; 

 additions to cities, 2 ; summer resorts, 2 ; total 148. 



Sale or Transfer Regulations 



The regulations for the subdivision of land 

 into lots and blocks for the purpose of sale or 

 transfer had, since 1908, been under a certain 

 amount of control by the Land Titles office. In 

 1909, this was changed, and before any plan 

 could be registered it had first to be endorsed 

 with the approval of the Department of Munici- 

 pal Affairs or the council of a city, town or 

 village. In 1911, still further changes and 

 additions to the regulations were made, institut- 

 ing the requirements of a preliminary topo- 

 graphical plan showing contours, approval fees 

 and the practice of inspection. 



In 1911 and 1912, the number of plans sub- 

 mitted to the Department increased very rapidly. 

 In twelve months, at this time, the total number 

 of plans dealt with was four hundred and seventy- 

 one, of which one hundred and seventeen were 

 new townsites. The area commonly covered by 

 a single plan is 160 acres, and in many cases 

 320 acres. 



The trans-continental railways have been 

 particularly active in the development of new 

 townsites and the opening of new subdivisions, 

 and under the Act have been responsible for 70 

 per cent of the new development plans submitted. 

 "The tendency of the railways is to adhere to a 

 standard size townsite and street widths in all 

 locations, and the simplicity of the rectangular 

 street system makes for economy in surveying. 



The Province of New Brunswick 



By C. C. Hicks, B. S. A., Department of Agriculture, 

 Fredericlon, N. B. 



New Brunswick, the largest of the three 

 Maritime provinces, is a country of wonderful 

 natural resources; great rivers, wide meadows, 

 vast forests, rich mines. It is beautiful, healthful, 

 resourceful and a land of promise for the worker 



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