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CANADA. 



The largest single colony of Great Britain and the 

 most important as regards forest supplies, both as to 

 quantity and character, Canada has been for a long 

 time supplying the mother country with a large pro- 

 portion of her imports. 



Although in size larger than the United States, its 

 land area being estimated at over 3,600,000 square 

 miles, Canada has so far attained only one-fifteenth of 

 the population of her neighbor, namely less than 7 

 million, although now rapidly growing. Much of her 

 territory is still unknown, and will remain for a long 

 time unavailable for civilization owing to its inhospi- 

 table climate. Indeed, as yet not one-third of its 

 territory may be considered opened up to civilization, 

 and not much more than 100,000 square miles can be 

 said to be occupied, one-half improved in farms, and 

 two-thirds of this in crops. 



Much of the northern country remains unorganized 

 and the vast North West Territory (2,656,000 square 

 miles) between Hudson's Bay and the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, as well as Labrador, are for the most part unin- 

 habited except by Indians and a few military and 

 trading posts. 



Report on the Forest Wealth of Canada, by the Statistician of the Department 

 of Agriculture, 1895. 



Reports of Crown Lands Departments, of Bureau of Forestry of Ontario, and 

 of Forestry Branch of the Dominion. 



Dkfebaugh's History of the Lumber Industry of America, Vol. I, 1906, brings 

 together much information on this phase of the subject. 



Hough's Report on Forestry, Vol. II, 1880, has a compilation of earlier statistics. 



An Analysis of Canada's Timber Wealth, by B. E. Fernow, in Forestry 

 Quarterly, Vol. VI, 1908, attempts a differentiation of commercial forest areas. 



