The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-21
issued: 1911-10-18
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note: EIGHT PAGES- 50 CENTS A MON^H IFIED ADS I CENT A WORD |030 VOL. 10 X NELSON. B. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 18, 1911 ; Census Gives Canaia Only Seven Millions British Columbia's Population Has More Than Doubled in Past Ten Years-Nelson's Figures Disappointing. PROVINCE WILL HAVE TWELVE MEMBERS AFTER REDISTRIBUTION Largest Gains Are in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Maritime Provinces Lose -Montreal Leads Cities-Vancouver's Tremendous Increase. OTTAWA, Oct. 17.—The population of Canada by the census of 1911, less districts not reported, compared with 1901, Is: Total population, 11)11, 7 081,800; 1001, 5,371315; increase, 1,710554. Population by provinces: Province- Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec 2,000,000 Saskatchewan ■!;>:;,uOS Northwest Territory Yukon •Decrease. 1011 1001 Increase Pot. !72,!)1D 73,022 299,897 417 [62,768 178,657 1S4.111 103 iri4,ii»i 255,211 199,450 78 151,816 3:11,120 20,805 li 461,847 459.571 2,271 >/• ",l!l,!)02 2,182,947 330,05.7 15 !»2,722 103,260 9,537 »0 100,00(1 1,648,898 351,790 21 I5:',,508 01,270 362,220 396 10,000 20,129 27,210 •u OTTAWA, Oct. 17—Hon. Martin Burrell, minister of agriculture tonight gave out to the press the first official statement of the result of the census taking which is now practically complete. The figures show a population of 7,081,869 for Canada, as compared with 5,371,319 In 1901, an increase of 1,710,554. It was estimated that the population of Canada would be about 8,000,000 so that the figures will cause not a little disappointment to the people of the Dominion. As compared with the Increase of population in the 1891-1901 decade the figures are satisfactory. In the ten years preceding 1901 Canada's population Increased by only 538,076. As compared with this betterment the increase of 1,710,554 in the past ten years is large but it Is not nearly so satisfactory as was expected. British Columbia Doubled Of the provinces Alberta showed the largest r…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0384512
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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