Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — The Population of Canada. [ARTICLE]

The Population of Canada.

The present population of Canada is 5,400,000. There has been a gain of 600,000 in ten years. This is the same gain as that of Chicago during the last decade. Ten years ago the population of the Dominion was one-thirteenth that of the United States. It is less than one-fourteenth now. It is natural that there should be disappointment in Canada over this slow growth. There is no doubt that the ease with which land could be had in the United States for a nominal price drew many emigrants here. The Canadians have hoped that when the