CANADA, DOMINION OF. 



(For details concerning the various provinces, 

 eee the articles under their respective names.) 



Territories. To the east of British Columbia 

 lie the four new Territories of Canada, viz., 

 Athabasca, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Assini- 

 boia. By an Order in Council, dated May, 

 1882, these were erected out of the Northwest 

 Territories, for the convenience of settlers and 

 for postal and other purposes. 



Assiniboia. The District of Assiniboia, about 

 95,000 square miles in extent, is bounded on 

 the south by the 49th parallel ; on the east by 

 the western boundary of Manitoba, meridian 

 101 1 ; on the north by the southern boundary 

 of Saskatchewan, the 52d parallel of latitude ; 

 and on the west by the eastern boundary of 

 Alberta, near meridian 111^. 



Saskatchewan. The District of Saskatchewan, 

 about 114,000 square miles in extent, is bound- 

 ed on the south by Assiniboia and Manitoba ; 

 on the east by Lake Winnipeg and the Nel- 



son river ; on the north by the 55th parallel of 

 latitude ; and on the west by Alberta, me- 

 ridian 11 1. 



Alberta. The District of Alberta, about 100,- 

 000 square miles in extent, lies between the 

 49th parallel on the south and the southern 

 boundary of Athabasca, the 55th parallel, on 

 the north ; and between the western bounda- 

 ries of Assiniboia and Saskatchewan, meridian 

 111^, on the east, and the eastern boundary of 

 British Columbia on the west. 



Athabasca. The District of Athabasca, about 

 122,000 square miles in extent, lies between 

 Alberta on the south and the 60th parallel of 

 latitude on the north ; and between the eastern 

 boundary of British Columbia, meridian 120, 

 on the west, and the meridian forming the 

 eastern boundary of Alberta, continued north 

 until it intersects the Athabasca river, thence 

 that river, Lake Athabasca, and Slave river, to 

 the 60th parallel. 



TERRITORIES. 



The remaining portions of Canada, unoffi- 

 cially named Northwest, North, and Northeast 

 Territories, include nearly one half of it. The 

 capital of the organized Territories is Regina. 

 Formerly it was Battleford, but it was changed 

 in 1882 to its present site. 



Population. The official census shows that 

 Canada contained, in 1881, 4,324,810 souls. 

 The following table exhibits the countries in 

 which these were born, with the number from 

 each: 



cording to origin or nationality of parents : 



21,394 



4,383 



30,412 



881,301 



African 



Chinese 



Dutch 



English 



French 



German 25<319 



Icelandic 1,009 



Indian 108,547 



Irish 957,403 



Italian 1,849 



Jewish 667 



Russian 1,227 



Scandinavian 4,214 



Scotch 699,863 



Spanish 1,172 



Swiss 4,588 



Welsh 9,947 



Others 43,536 



Total 4,324,801 



Ontario 1,923,288 Prince Ed. Island 



Quebec 1,359,027 Manitoba 65^954 



Nova Scotia 440,572 British Columbia. . . 49,459 



New Brunswick . . . 321,233 Territories 56,446 



NOTE. This is the census of 1881. Since that date Mani- 

 toba and the Territories have increased by immigration over 

 150,000 (1883). 



The following statement shows the total 

 number of the adherents to the various churches 

 in Canada. (For more extended information 

 concerning the leading denominations, see the 

 articles under their respective titles.) 



Methodists 742,981 



Pagans 4,478 



Presbyterians 686,165 



Quakers 6,553 



Unitarians 2,126 



Universalists 4,517 



Not given 110,191 



Total 4,324,801 



Indians. There are nearly 108,000 Indians 

 in the Dominion, distributed as follows: 



Ontario 15,780 



Quebec . 11,071 



Nova Scotia 2,219 



New Brunswick 1,416 



Prince Ed. Island. ... 290 



Manitoba & N. W. Ter. 35,726 



Athabasca District. . . 2,398 



British Columbia .... 35,052 



Rupert's Land 3,770 



Total 107,722 



In this table Canadians and Americans are 

 classed under the various headings, English, 

 French, Irish, Dutch, etc. 



By provinces, the following is the classifica- 

 tion of the population : 

 VOL. xxin. 6 A 



Of the above, 46,962 reside on reserves, and 

 cultivate 75,365 acres of land. 



Schools are maintained for the children of 

 Indians chiefly at the expense of the Dominion 

 Government. The attendance at them is as 

 follows: 



