Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1909 — Canada’s Greatness. [ARTICLE]

Canada’s Greatness.

Canada is larger than the United States by 250,000 square miles. Canada contains one-third of the area of the British empire. Canada extends over twenty degrees of latitude —from Rome to North Pole. Canada is as large as thirty United Kingdoms, eighteen Germanys, thirty-three Italys. Canada is larger than Australasia and twice the size of British India. Canada has a boundary line of 8,000 miles between It and the United States. Canada’s sea coast equals half the earth’s circumference. Canada Is 3,500 miles wide and 1,400 from north to south. The population Is about 6,000,000, or about twice that of New York. —Montreal Herald.