DOMINION OF CANADA. 



ing the problem, owing to the custom of enu- 

 merating the de jure citizens in the Province 

 of Quebec, whence the migration has been 

 strongest, although they may be residing out 

 of the country. A pamphlet by Mr. Lowe, 

 published by the Government, attempts to 

 >lio\v that the counter-movement of migration 

 from the United States into Canada was about 

 90,000 greater in number in the decade 187l-'81 

 tuaii in the previous decade. The United 

 States returns of immigration from Canada 

 since 1873 are as follows: 



FISCAL YEAR. Number of Immigrant*. 



1-71 87,871 



1-74 82,900 



1-7* 24,051 



1-;,; 22,471 



1-77 22,116 



15-7S 25.563 



1-79 81,263 



1 J>M) 99.706 



1S31 118,664 



The dejure method of enumeration pursued 

 in Quebec affects the relative representation of 

 the provinces. According to the British North 

 America act, Quebec shall be represented in 

 the Dominion Parliament by 65 members, and 

 the other provinces by numbers which bear 

 the same ratio to their population as that 

 number to the population of Quebec. The 

 representation of the different provinces, as 

 determined by the census, will be as follows : 

 Quebec, 65 ; Ontario, 92 ; New Brunswick, 15 ; 

 Nova Scotia, 21; Prince Edward Island, 6; 

 Manitoba, 4; British Columbia, 6. As com- 



Kared with the last apportionment, Ontario 

 as gained four members, while the remaining 

 provinces have the same number of represent- 

 atives. If the same rate of increase prevailed 

 in Quebec which took place between 1861 and 

 1871, the other provinces would have nine more 

 members than the present census gives them. 



According to the census returns, the popula- 

 tion of the several provinces, as compared with 

 the census made at each preceding decade 

 since confederation, is as follows : 



In this enumeration the population of the 

 Territories and unorganized districts is merely 

 estimated. 



The total population of the Dominion is 

 4,350,933, an increase upon the census of 1871 

 of 664,337, the total population then having 

 been 3,786,596. The percentage of increase 

 of population during the decade for each prov- 

 ince and for the whole Dominion was as fol- 

 lows: Ontario, 18*05 per cent; Quebec, 14-01; 

 Nova Scotia, 13-61 ; New Brunswick, 12-44 ; 

 Prince Edward Island, 14-63 ; Manitoba, 28'90 ; 

 British Columbia, 76'66; Territories, 65'28; 



the whole Dominion, 18'02. The average rate 

 of growth in the Maritime Provinces was 13-56, 

 while that of the New England Stair- \\ as 

 only 10-80. Ontario's increase was at nearly 

 the same rate as that of Indiana and Ohio. 



The population of the chief cities of the Do- 

 minion, compared with the previous enumera- 

 tions, and the increase during the last decade, 

 are as follows : 



Toronto, with its suburbs, has a population 

 of about 100,000, showing a higher rate of in- 

 crease than any of the older cities of the United 

 States or Canada, except Brooklyn. Of the 

 smaller towns, Levis, in Quebec Province, has 

 fallen off in population from 11,810 to 7,697; 

 Three Kivers has grown from 8,414 to 9,296 ; 

 Sherbrooke City from 4,432 to 7,227; the 

 newly incorporated Hull City contains 6,668 

 inhabitants; Sorel contains 5,792, showing a 

 small increase ; and St. Hyacinthe has increased 

 from 3,746 to 5,321. In the Province of Onta- 

 rio, Guelph City has increased from 6,878 to 

 9,890; St. Catharines from 7,864 to 9,642; 

 Brantford City from 8,107 to 9,626; Belleville 

 City from 7,305 to 9,516; St. Thomas City 

 from 2,197 to 8,370; Stratford from 4,313 to 

 8,240 ; Chatham from 5,873 to 7,881 ; Brock- 

 ville from 5,102 to 7,608; Peterborough from 

 2,293 to 6,815 ; Windsor from 4,253 to 6,567. 

 Woodstock contains 5,373 inhabitants; Gait, 

 5,189; Lindsay, 5,081. 



A steamboat accident occurred on the Thames 

 Kiver, at London, Ontario, May 24th, by which 

 nearly 200 lives were lost. An excursion-boat, 

 named the Victoria, when returning to the city 

 with nearly 600 passengers on board, suddenly 

 collapsed from the excessive load. The boat 

 was weighted down by about half as many 

 more passengers than it was allowed by law 

 to carry, and water was flowing into the hold. 

 A lurch to one side caused the slight stanch- 

 ions supporting the upper deck to break, and 

 the structure, with the superincumbent mass 

 of people, sank upon those below. At the same 

 time the vessel sank over upon its side, and the 

 entire hull crashed together. It is probable 

 that the boiler was insecurely fastened, and 

 carried the boat over by slipping from its seat. 

 The water was not very deep, but the passen- 

 gers were plunged into the river npon one 

 another, many injured by the falling timbers, 

 and many more crushed under the wreck. The 

 catastrophe served as a warning, which aroused 

 the officials charged with the inspection of ex- 

 cursion-boats in the United States as well as 



* Decrease. 



