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ej.TT t>-|T) t ti -ii t t~\ -vr m The benefits as to increase in population which Upper Ca- 



O [J f f I i Vi IV I Vi LM X hada has derived from' emigration have been overrated, and the 



amount of transient emigration which has used our canals and 

 Lakes and river navigation has been very little understood — nor 



' I sM V* £bf | could it be, until, by the results of the census, we could form 



) II ^' ifv it (lit /3 H " ' ' ' ' even a s P ecmat ' ve opinion' as to the numbers which bad passed 



t? through the Province. 



FOR JUUE, 1854. The entrance of the emigration through the water gate of 



■ Quebec gave us, to a fraction, the arrivals; but it required 



statistics of Upper Canada. time and the official census to ascertain how many of those who 



arrived, remained as settlers, contributing to our prosperity, and 



... how many merely benefited us by the expenditure of their cost 



In the year 1 S40, a paper was published m the "British Colonist ' of pasi5age through our waters. As we said before, it was easy 



headed "Lands and Population in the United States and Upper t0 num £ er the al ,. iva]s at Q ue bec, and to follow them through the 



Canada.' The author ot that document now brings it again before St Lawrence; but once on the Lake, information Upon their 



the public in the Canadian Journal _ lie Conceives that its repub- future routes befeam - aImost inaccessible, for the outlets were too 



lication in exteruo will be interesting in the present history of this mlmei . ous tb be watc hed, and the course of the emigration could 



Province', if accompanied by a statement and remarks applicable on ] y be guessed at 



to the period, and showino- how far the expectations entertained , T , A ' ' . ... . .,- ... , _, 



r L , , 8 t i mil ,-j ■ n • JNot to go too tar back and tire our readers — it will be suth- 



fourteen years since have been realized, inose assumed results m . . „ & .. -• .. ,„,a S 



-,„*„. J -j j i i • • j u„ i cient for our purpose if we start from the year 1840. Ihe 



18*0 were considered by many people as visionary, and based ,,, c % l . ,..,,, ■', ,, 



r t j * nil ■ l i * a * A ,r „i- c number of emio-rants arrived since then are as folows, viz. :-^ 



upon imperfect data. 1 he period selected for the application ot ° ' 



the -principle set forth in the paper referred to, is from the year J- 11 the J ear 1840 — -. .■„.- 21,190 



1840 to 1852, and consequently freed from the beneficial influ- -- 1841 28,937 



encesof the railroads and other great improvements now in pro- -- 184- .-_■ 44,374 



gress, and whieh must necessarily operate in an extraordinary -'- 1843 20,142 



manner in promoting an increase to our population, wealth, and - - 1S44 25,375 



importance. -- ls * 5 29,253 



184G 32,736 



It was desired to follow out the Consequences of the increased .-. 184V .90,15©' 



population, as bearing upon the quantity ef land placed under cut .. 1848 27,939 



tivation, and showing also its greatly enhanced value. And this .. ., 1849 38,494 



would have been an extremely interesting subject, the reasoning . . 1850 32,292 



under Section III. being so very applicable to the actual position „,,■ 1851 41,076 



of Canada in reference to Great Britain; but there is at present Tbe pc w ation of Upper Canada was in 1840 46 o,o00. Now, 



no sufficient reliable data upon which to proceed with safety. if we , lv ad(] t0 tllis amount the number of em ig ra nfe arrived 



It is not apart, however, from the subject herein treated upon, in t]le Province; and deal with them in conformity with theprin- 



to exhibit the' advantages the Province has derived in a pecuniary d le of tbe afore-mentioned table, the result will show us whether 



point ot view from the migratory emigration passing through this tho opimoni3 hitherto entertained, namely, that nearly, if not quite 



countiy. a j|^ w ] )0 an .j vec i remained, or that, if some did pass on, their 



It was only in the year 1831 that a systematic arrangement numbers were made up by emigrants from the States,- Was -well 



was made by the Canadian Government for receiving, arranging, grounded or not. 



and recording the numbers of emigrants winch flocked to our The result we arrive at is 1,229,214— showing that the be- 



shores, and it was not till after the devastation caused by cholera fore-named opinion would be incorrect, as had those numbers 



in 1832 and 18'34 that the absolute necessity appeared of affording remained in the Province, the actual population should be 277,210 



Government assistance (first by money and afterwards by superin- more than is given in the census. 



tendence)inthespreadingofsettlers, placing new comers amongst We must therefore try again, and assume that one-half of the 

 our population, and the rapidly pushing forward of those who emigration-settled in Canada, and the other half passed on, or 

 made the passage by Quebec and our great Lakes their highway died m theh . md make tfe ca i cmation accordingly, 

 to the Western (states, foince that time the most accurate regis- 

 tration of the numbers of emigrants has been kept, and the stre- The result, according to the principle of calculation laid down 

 nuous exertions of the Government have been directed to pro- in 1840 » sllows that the population of Upper Canada should have 

 mote the rapid settlement or passage, as the case might be, of been in the J ear I852 > 962,238, whereas the official census 

 the newly arrived emigrants. shows ll to be 952,004. 



It was important, in every respect, to ensure a quick passage Thus ]t ^Pf 5 th . at tne ' anticipations entertained fourteen 



through our Lakes, rendering the route a favourite one to those 3*"™ smc u e - f} [ sllOTt u m amou 1 nt to the extent of 10,234 only 



bound forthe far w-est.andwirowerethusbenefitedtoagreatextent tnis establishing with -extraordinary accuracy the correctness of 



by their transit. Speedy dispersion and settlement in Canada }} e n . ,le , la ! d d ? w " ln tlle 3' ear 1840 ' and ™ re particularly so, 



was still more important, not only in a sanitary point of view, but lf ' as is believed, the census is imperfect, and that a precise return 



„„ u .o„„„,i *i,„„„ . i „ u :n „, „ „ ii „ *■ ,: • i„ i ;., f would liave exhibited the number ot our population to be consi- 



as it placed those who could ill spare the time in looking for , , , , ,, . , .,,.].' 



l . . ,,, • , i , , , °, deraby larger than is set down m that ofhcia statement, 



employment at once amongst their employers, and enabled them J a ja o^^ ^ u .,.i w ^ un^m. o^ ^^^ 



to send aid to the British Isles, to assist their friends requiring The table also proves that one-half only of the emigrants who 



aid to follow them. have arrived in Canada since 1840 to 1852, have made this 



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