10.1057/9780230270305 - The Statesman's Year-Book, Edited by John Scott-Keltie 238 THE BRITISH EMPIRE :—CANADA 2. Secretary of State.—Hon. R. W. ,SeoU, Senator. 3. Minister of Trade and Commerce.—Hon. Sir R, J. Cart-wright, G.C.M.G. 4. Minister of Justice and Attorney-General.—Hon. David Mills. 5. Minister of Marine nu
10.1057/9780230270305 - The Statesman's Year-Book, Edited by John Scott-Keltie AREA AND POPULATION 239 In 1899 the estimated population was 5,312,500. The following are the areas of the provinces in 1899, with the population at the census of 1891 ;-— Province 1 band Area sq. miles. Water Area! sq. miles. Total Area sq miles. Poi'iilation, 1891 l'op. Iter sq. mile. (Lund Area) 1891 Increase ]ier cent. 1881-91 Prince Edward Island 1 . Nova Scotia *. New Brunswick * . Quebec 1 . Ontario 1 . Manitoba British Columbia 1 . Alberta . . . . Assiniboia Saskatchewan Keewatin Athabasca Yukon . . . . Mackenzie. Ungava . . . . Franklin Lakes, &c. Totals . 2,000 20,550 28,100 344,450 219,650 64,066 382,300 00,250 89,340 108,000 498,000 239,500 196,300 481,200 276,000 unknown — 3,048,711 60 50 100 2,000 2,350 9,890 1,000 745 1,000 0,000 258,000 11,800 2,000 82,000 180,000 unknown 47,400 605,235 2,000 20,600 28,200 347,350 222,000 73,956 383,300 100,000 90,340 114,000 756,000 251,300 198,300 563,200 456,000 unknown 47,400 3,653,940 109.078 450,396 321,263 1,488,535 2,114,321 152,500 98,173 25,277 80,872 11,150 1 Y 32,108 J 4,833,239 54-5 21-9 111 6'5 9-0 2'4 0'3 0'2 0-3 o-i 1-5 0'17 2-23 0-00 9'53 973 144'95 98-49 — ^- — 11-76 1 The water areas here assigned to Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and British Columbia are exclusive of the territorial seas, that to Quebec is exclusive of he Gulf of St. Lawrence, and that to Ontario is exclusive of the Canadian portions of the great lakes of the St. Lawrence. In 1891 there were 2,460,471 males and 2,372,768 females. Eighty-six per cent, of the population of the Dominion consisted, at the census of 1891, of natives of British North America. These numbered 4,185,877, of whom 1,708,702 were natives of Ontario ; 1,406,514 of Quebec ; 423,890 of Nova Scotia ; 299,154 of New Brunswick ; 108,017 of Manitoba ; 56,851 of British Columbia ; 102,652 natives of Prince Edward Island ; and 80,097 of the Territories. Of those born out of the country the most numerous at the census of 1891, were 475,456 natives of the United Kingdom ; 13,776 were born in other parts of the Empire, making 490,232 British born—80,915 were born in the United States, 27,752 in Germany, 9,222 in Russia, 7,827 in Scandinavia, 5,381 in France, 2,964 in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, 9,129 in China, and 13,940 in other countries. English-speaking persons numbered 3,428,265, and French-speaking 1,404,974. According to an official report for 1899, there were 98,981 Indians in Canada at that date. Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - Trial Access - <strong>Palgrave</strong><strong>Connect</strong> - 2014-03-13 The boundary between Canada and the United States Territory of Alaska in the region about the head of the Lynn Canal has never been precisely determined, and the discovery of gold in the Yukon district has given importance to the question of delimitation. After prolonged negotiations a modus Vivendi was reached on October 20, 1899, when a provisional boundary was agreed on without prejudice to the claims of either party. The census population of the principal cities of the Dominion was as follows in 1891 :—