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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 



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recognize three classes of houses only, those of 4 rooms or less, 

 those of 5 to 10 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 : 



It appears, therefore, that class distinctions are marked in 

 three or four towns only: in St. John, 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, 



