Maritime province, has only 62 ranches, it 

 surpasses Quebec and Nova Scotia in the quality 

 of its stock, which have a value of $598,730. 

 Ontario exhibited a most surprising increase, 

 the number of its ranches growing from 42 to 

 94 and the value of the animals from $221,880 

 to $374,517. 



Great expansion during the year in British 

 Columbia has given the Pacific coast province 

 the lead in the West in this regard. It now has 

 21 ranches as against 11 in 1920, whilst the 

 value of the animals these contain has grown 

 from $28,105 to $63,735. The Yukon follows 

 with 16 ranches, two more than in the previous 

 year. Alberta has 14; Manitoba 6; and Saskat- 

 chewan 5. During the year the four western 

 provinces increased the number of their domestic 

 fur farms by approximately fifty per cent, but 

 the value of the animals contained thereon 

 increased by nearly one hundred per cent. 



The Industry Increasing in Popularity 



Prince Edward Island confines its attention 

 to foxes, in which it has met with such signal 

 success, and its fur establishments are exclusively 

 fox ranches. Quebec is the second fox province 

 and also has mink and raccoon ranches. Nova 

 Scotia, third in fox importance, has also mink, 

 raccoon, beaver and muskrat farms, and a 

 Karakul sheep herd. New Brunswick is entirely 

 a fox province. Ontario has in addition devoted 

 attention to mink, raccoon, skunk and beaver. 

 Manitoba is exclusively fox, as is Saskatchewan, 

 but Alberta has in addition a Karakul sheep 

 ranch and beaver farm. British Columbia is 

 versatile, with ranches engaged in the domesti- 

 cation of foxes, mink, marten, beaver and 

 muskrat. The Yukon ranches are entirely 

 devoted to raising foxes. 



The increasing popularity of fur farming in 

 every section of Canada is encouraging to note 

 because it denotes success and profit in the 

 venture. The foundation of a great industry with 

 wonderful possibilities and opportunities has 

 been laid. This growth will proceed apace with 

 the progress of settlement and cultivation, for, 

 whilst a great portion of those northern tracts 

 which give Canada pre-eminence as a producer 

 of raw furs forms a permanent source of supply, 

 the penetration of settlement inevitably results 

 in a certain depletion which can only be offset by 

 the product of the domestic ranches. With the 

 steady increase in the number and production of 

 these, Canada need never fear losing her prestige 

 as the world's first fur-producing area. 



Across Canada St. John, N.B. 



Not only has the city of St. John an impor- 

 tant role to play in Canadian modern life, but 

 by reason of its tradition, intensely British, has 

 its own little niche in the structure of the 

 Empire, whilst by reason of its strategic position 



in trade and commerce it commands some share 

 of attention from the world in general. Wrapped 

 in memories of a history at once unique and 

 romantic, St. John presents to-day a scene of 

 modern industry and ceaseless activity. 



The site of the city was one of the first points 

 to be touched at by the French explorer, Cham- 

 plain, and history was created there during the 

 period of the French control of Canada. Later, 

 in 1783, it became the refuge for many thou- 

 sands of New England loyalists, who established 

 homes and were the real founders of what was 

 to be known ever afterwards as "The Loyalist 

 City." 



To-day St. John is, throughout the winter 

 months of the year, Canada's principal inlet and 

 outlet on the Atlantic coast, the gateway through 

 which thousands of immigrants, coming from 

 across the seas, are introduced to the new world 

 and its new life, and through which much of the 

 surplus produce of the Dominion finds its way 

 to the world's markets. It is open for traffic all 

 the year round, though in the summer months 

 most vessels travel up the river to Montreal or 

 Quebec. 



A Population of 70,000 



A city of about 70,000 population, St. John 

 is delightfully situated on the Bay of Fundy 

 at the mouth of the St. John fiver. This 

 river, 450 miles in length, passes through 

 a most fertile and productive region of ex- 

 quisite beauty. Surrounding the city, and 

 tributary to it, is a great variety of natural 

 resources, agricultural products, water-powers, 

 game, lumber, fish, coal, lime, gypsum, oil shales, 

 natural gas, building and monumental stone, 

 antimony, manganese, tungsten, copper, etc., 

 many of which find their way, by the excellent 

 rail connections, to the city for export. 



The port's ocean connections give it touch 

 with practically every part of the globe, the 

 British Isles and European continent, South 

 Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda and 

 the West Indies and United States Atlantic 

 ports. Its importance as a winter port is annually 

 increasing, as is evidenced by the increasing 

 volume of products to find egress through it 

 and the number of vessels arriving. In the last 

 winter season a total of 206 ocean-going steamers 

 arrived as compared with 178 in the previous 

 year, and the increase in traffic carried was in 

 much greater proportion, the average cargo 

 being much higher. St. John's total trade 

 averages about $140,000,000 per year. 



Growing in Industrial Importance 



Industrially St. John is important and is 

 making steady progress in this regard. Its 

 activities comprise lumber, woodworking, ship- 

 building, metal foundries, machine shops, sugar 

 refineries, grain elevators, nail factories, cotton 



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