According to the latest measurements the land and water areas
of the three provinces, as at the Census of 1911, are as
follows:
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Provinces | Land | Water | Total
-------------+-------------+------------+------------
| acres | acres | acres
Manitoba | 41,169,098 | 6,019,200 | 47,188,298
Saskatchewan | 155,764,480 | 5,323,520 | 161,088,000
Alberta | 161,872,000 | 1,510,400 | 163,382,400
Total | 358,805,578 | 12,853,120 | 371,658,698
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Note--By the Extension of Boundaries Act, 1912, the area of
Manitoba was increased by 113,984,000 acres, bringing the
total to 161,172,298 acres, of which 12,739,600 acres are
water. The areas of Manitoba in this article relate solely
however to the province as constituted before the Act of
1912.
Comparative Areas of wheat, oats, and barley in the three Western
Provinces: [Transcriber's Note: This table was split into three parts
for the text version]
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Provinces | 1900 | 1910 |
| | |
--------------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+
| Bushels | Acres | Bushels | Acres |
+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+
Manitoba-- | | | | |
Wheat | 18,352,929| 1,965,193| 34,125,949| 2,760,371|
Oats | 10,952,365| 573,848| 30,378,379| 1,209,173|
Barley | 2,666,567| 139,660| 6,506,634| 416,016|
Saskatchewan--| | | | |
Wheat | 4,306,091| 487,170| 66,978,996| 4,228,222|
Oats | 2,270,057| 141,517| 58,922,791| 1,888,359|
Barley | 187,211| 11,798| 3,061,007| 129,621|
Alberta-- | | | | |
Wheat | 797,839| 43,103| 9,060,210| 879,301|
Oats | 3,791,259| 118,025| 16,099,223| 783,072|
Barley | 287,343| 11,099| 2,480,165| 121,435|
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==============+======================+======================+
Provinces | 1911 | 1912 |
| | |
--------------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+
| Bushels | Acres | Bushels | Acres |
+-----------+----------|-----------+----------+
Manitoba-- | | | | |
Wheat | 62,689,000| 3,094,833| 63,017,000| 2,839,000|
Oats | 60,037,000| 1,307,434| 57,154,000| 1,348,000|
Barley | 14,949,000| 448,105| 15,826,000| 481,000|
Saskatchewan--| | | | |
Wheat |109,075,000| 5,256,474|106,960,000| 5,582,000|
Oats |107,594,000| 2,332,912|117,537,000| 2,556,000|
Barley | 8,661,000| 273,988| 9,595,000| 292,000|
Alberta-- | | | | |
Wheat | 36,602,000| 1,639,974| 34,303,000| 1,590,000|
Oats | 59,034,000| 1,221,217| 67,630,000| 1,461,000|
Barley | 4,356,000| 164,132| 6,179,000| 187,000|
==============+===========+==========+===========+==========+
==============+=======================+===============
Provinces | 1913 |Average for 5
| |years 1908-1912
--------------+------------+----------+------+--------
| Bushels | Acres | Bush.| Price
+------------+----------+------+--------
Manitoba-- | | | |
Wheat | 53,331,000| 2,804,000| 18.17| $0.75
Oats | 56,759,000| 1,398,000| 37.40| 0.30
Barley | 14,305,000| 496,000| 27.54| 0.40
Saskatchewan--| | | |
Wheat | 121,559,000| 5,720,000| 19.06| 0.65
Oats | 114,112,000| 2,755,000| 40.88| 0.27
Barley | 10,421,000| 332,000| 29.09| 0.38
Alberta-- | | | |
Wheat | 34,372,000| 1,512,000| 20.22| 0.61
Oats | 71,542,000| 1,639,000| 41.18| 0.27
Barley | 6,334,000| 197,000| 28.98| 0.35
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[Illustration: Cattle on the uplands as well as the open plain do well
in all parts of Western Canada.]
[Illustration: Horses range most of the year in many parts of
Saskatchewan and Alberta.]