lions; Lachine and Quebec in Quebec; Welland, 

 Gait, Peterborough, Brantford, Kitchener, Lon- 

 don and Ottawa, in Ontario; and Calgary in 

 Alberta. Seven centres, Sherbrooke, Hull, Hali- 

 fax, Fort William, Port Arthur, Oshawa, and 

 Ford, have industries in which capital between 

 ten and twenty millions is invested. The 

 remainder of the forty-four centres have an 

 industrial investment between five and ten 

 million dollars. 



Both Montreal and Toronto have an annual 

 industrial production of more than five hundred 

 million dollars. Hamilton and Winnipeg have 

 productions of over a hundred millions. Van- 

 couver and Sydney exceed fifty million dollars 

 in their output. Seventeen cities exceed twenty 

 millions and are under fifty millions in produc- 

 tion. Only four of the remaining cities cited are 

 under the ten million dollar figure in their annual 

 industrial output. 



Industrial Outlook in Western Canada 



By J. F. Sweeting, Industrial Agent, C.P.R., 

 Winnipeg, Man. 



The West is still without incentive to spend 

 money on any large projects. Business continues 

 to be quiet, but is showing improvement when 

 compared with the earlier months of this year 

 and suffers little in contrast with that of the 

 year 1919. 



In British Columbia, the outlook for the 

 season's fruit industry is first class, with the 

 berry crop showing an increase in tonnage over 

 1920. Apples and other tree fruits give promise 

 of a good harvest with quite fair prices all 

 round. The lumber business is picking up, most 

 mills showing greater activity with promise of 

 good fall conditions. Mining is still quiet, looking 

 for improvement in the metal market before any 

 great change can take place in the present 

 situation. In the meantime, prospecting work 

 is being acrried on in various parts of the 

 province and a shipment of iron ore is being 

 sent to Great Britain for electrical smelting test. 

 The British Columbia Government is under- 

 taking to drill three wells for oil in the British 

 Columbia area of the Peace River country near 

 Hudson's Hope, in order to complete the two- 

 year survey work that has already been carried 

 out in that territory. A new pulp mill is to be 

 constructed at Seal Cove near Prince Rupert, 

 and some other small industries are in course of 

 development. 



In Alberta, great activity is being shown in 

 the erection of oil drilling outfits and sinking of 

 new wells. The work to be done this year gives 

 promise of definite results. Recent oil seepages 

 discovered between the Sheep and Highwood 

 Rivers south of Calgary have stimulated interest 

 in this district and a test well is to be put down. 

 Agricultural conditions in the province are better 



than for some years past. There is an increase in 

 wheat acreage, seeded-moisture conditions have 

 been good all through the spring, and there is 

 every evidence of a good crop. Factories have 

 been working full time, and while wholesale and 

 retail trading is not as active as desired, business 

 is in good shape with promises of steady increase. 

 The bonds of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation 

 project have been sold and work will be com- 

 menced. 



Crop Condition Excellent 



Saskatchewan is well satisfied with present 

 crop outlook. Seeding conditions were good, and 

 plenty of moisture has fallen. There is not much 

 building activity or construction work of any 

 kind proceeding at the time of writing these 

 notes. Wholesale and retail trading is dull, but 

 the outlook is for improved conditions, which 

 should develop around the beginning of July. 

 A considerable number of new settlers are going 

 into the Battleford and Lloydminster districts in 

 . the north as well as to other parts of the province. 



Manitoba seeding was carried out under good 

 climatic conditions and the crop is now well 

 above the ground with very promising outlook 

 for heavy harvest. Trading conditions are im- 

 proving all along the line, and while construction 

 activities are not large, yet the May building 

 permits for Winnipeg exceeded one million dol- 

 lars, with similar amounts in sight for each of 

 the summer months. In addition, Brandon has 

 half a million dollars of construction work for 

 June, so that this industry will by no means be 

 at a standstill. The pulp and timber limit of 

 over 700 square miles east of Lake Winnipeg for 

 which tenders were called by the Dominion 

 Government has been granted to the J. D. 

 McArthur Co., and under its term a pulp and 

 paper mill must be erected in Manitoba within 

 a period of three years. The general impression 

 is for continuous improvement. 



Undoubtedly quiet times have had a steady- 

 ing effect, with the result that the basis of business 

 activities is on a better foundation than has been 

 the case for many years past. A good crop put 

 in as it has been at a low cost, will place the 

 west in a position to carry on active operations, 

 and I look with confidence to the enjoyment of 

 excellent business conditions in the near future. 



Canadian Fur Industry and Markets 



The census of raw furs for the season 1919- 

 1920, conducted by the Dominion Bureau of 

 Statistics, shows the total value of pelts of fur- 

 bearing animals taken in Canada during that 

 season to be $21,197,372. To this total Ontario 

 contributed $6,414,917; Quebec, $4,587,110; 

 Manitoba, $3,130,627 ; Saskatchewan, $2,338,761 ; 

 Alberta, $1,550,009; Northwest Territories, 

 $1,118,972; British Columbia, $742,242; Prince 



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