Aberdeen, Earl of, 41
Abraham, Plains of, 2
Addresses of Government Immigration Agents, etc., 295
Agricultural Associations, 61, 125, 176, 265
Agricultural Colleges, 105, 176, 188
Agriculture, 35;
importance of, 65, 88;
in Alberta, 65, 213-220;
in British Columbia, 65, 233-236;
in Manitoba, 65, 189-192;
in New Brunswick, 108, 109, 118-125;
in Nova Scotia, 102-105;
in Ontario, 168-170;
in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133-135;
in Quebec, 152-156;
in Saskatchewan, 65, 194, 198, 199.
Agriculture, Department of, 125
Alberta, 65, 209-222
Arctic Circle, 240
Associations helpful to immigrants:
British Welcome League, 282, 304;
Bureau of Industries and Immigration, Nova Scotia, 281;
Imperial Home Reunion Association, 187, 255, 274, 304;
Salvation Army, 282, 303, 304;
Young Men’s Christian Association, 304;
Young Women’s Christian Association, 282, 301
Associations, Women’s, 272-273, 283, 301-304
Atlantic Ocean, 25
Baggage, 299, 300
Barnstead, Arthur S., 256
Berlin, 168
Bible Society, British and Foreign, 64
Bigot, Intendant, 141
Boundaries of Canada, 17
Brant, 45
Brantford, 45, 168
British-Canadians, 4, 5
British Columbia, 65, 223-239, 257, 258
British North America Act, 30, 33, 36
Brown, George, 29
By, Colonel John, 37
Bytown (_see_ Ottawa), 39
Calgary, 21, 222
Canadian Forestry Association, 68
Canals and waterways, 75, 76, 147, 164
Cariboo Road, 232
Cartier, Jacques, 138, 139
Census, 31, 48, 274
Champlain, Samuel, 2, 139
Charlottetown, 29, 129-131, 133, 135
Charwomen, 268
“Chinook” wind, 212
Climate, 19, 69, 70;
of Alberta, 211-213;
of British Columbia, 226-228;
of Manitoba, 179-180;
of New Brunswick, 109, 110;
of Nova Scotia, 94;
of Ontario, 162, 163;
of Prince Edward Island, 128;
of Quebec, 144-146, 156;
of Saskatchewan, 197, 198
Coal, 71, 221
Coast Ranges, 223
Cobalt, 71, 165
Confederation, 16, 26-41, 80, 89, 183
Conservation Commission, 68, 69
Co-operation, 206, 216, 222
Criticisms of Canada, 89-91
Crown lands (_see_ Revenue).
Cunard, Samuel, 94
Dawson (city), 2, 239, 241
Dawson, Sir William, 94, 158
Diamond, Cape, 2
Dufferin, Lord, 41
Durham, Lord, 15
Eastern Townships (Quebec), 152-157
Edmonton, 210, 221, 222
Education, 10, 28, 43, 49, 56-60, 253;
in Alberta, 221;
in British Columbia, 57, 237;
in Manitoba, 188;
in New Brunswick, 124;
in Nova Scotia, 105;
in Ontario, 175;
in Prince Edward Island, 135;
in Quebec, 157, 158;
in Saskatchewan, 206, 207, 263
Electricity (_see_ Water-powers).
Emigration agents, Canadian Government, 281
Eskimos, 47-48, 241
Evans, 46
Farmer, first, 151
Farmers wanted, 249, 290
Farm lands to be purchased, 42, 123, 134, 152, 154, 169, 173, 191, 236
Farm pupils, 249
“Farm Settlement Board,” New Brunswick, 123
Farms, “ready-made,” 123, 217, 218
Fisheries, 72, 73, 241;
in British Columbia, 229, 230;
in Manitoba, 189;
in New Brunswick, 116, 117;
in Nova Scotia, 97-99;
in Ontario, 164;
in Prince Edward Island, 133;
in Quebec, 151
Fleming, Sir Sandford, 80
Forest Reserves, 68, 149, 167
Fox farming, Pr. E. I., 137
Franchise, parliamentary, 33, 49
Fredericton, 111, 121, 124, 125
“Free Grants,” 42;
conditions of, 258, 272, 297;
in Alberta, 219;
in Manitoba, 191;
in New Brunswick, 122;
in Ontario, 172;
in Saskatchewan, 207
French-Canadians, 2, 23, 27, 48
Frontenac, Count, 81
Fruit-growing, in British Columbia, 233, 234, 236, 238;
in New Brunswick, 119, 125;
in Nova Scotia, 103, 104;
in Ontario, 169, 170
Fur trade, 118, 151, 241
Game, large, 117, 151
Gold, discoveries in British Columbia, 231, 232
Government, Dominion, 26-41, 43, 54, 256;
Provincial, 13-16, 32, 34, 35, 36, 256;
in Alberta, 209;
in New Brunswick, 126;
in Nova Scotia, 102;
in Ontario, 175;
in Prince Edward Island, 131, 132;
in Quebec, 143;
in Saskatchewan, 207
Grain-growers’ Associations, 205
“Great Clay Belt,” 79, 173
Guelph, 176
“Habitants,” French-Canadian, 23, 140-141
Haliburton, Judge, 94
Halifax, N.S., 93, 101
Hamilton, 168
Herschel Island, 240
“Hired girls” (_see_ Women, occupations of).
“Hired men,” 171, 250, 262
Homesteads (_see_ Free Grants).
House of Commons, 31
Houses, 174
Howe, Joseph, 102
Hudson Bay, 21, 178, 182
Hudson Bay Company, 19, 43, 182-183, 231, 240
Immigrants, class of, wanted, 243-275;
British, 277;
child, 285-286;
deported, 290;
foreign, 62-63, 192, 203, 221, 230, 238, 245-249
Immigration, 35, 49-52, 53, 243-275
Immigration chaplains, 283
Immigration halls, 282
Indians, 3, 43-47, 241
Inglis, General, 94
Iron Manufacture, 71, 150
Irrigation, Alberta, 217;
British Columbia, 228
Japanese current, 19, 212, 226
Jesuits, 45
Journeys, old-time, 9, 78;
in wilderness, 210, #211
Kingston, 38
Kootenay District, 227, 234
Lady-helps (_see_ Home-helps).
Lake Ontario, 9
Lake Superior, 43
Lakes, 21, 210;
in Alberta, 211;
in Manitoba, 180;
in Ontario, 164;
in Saskatchewan, 195
Land regulations, Dominion, 297
Lands, 42, 56
La Tour, 113
Libraries, 175
London, 168
Lorne, Marquis of, 41
Lower Canada (_see_ Quebec), 17
Loyalists, United Empire, 5, 13, 45, 114, 161
Loyalty of Canada, 4, 12-13, 52
Lumbering, 39, 66, 67;
in British Columbia, 233;
New Brunswick, 114-116;
Nova Scotia, 99;
Ontario, 166, 167;
Quebec, 150;
Saskatchewan, 199
Macdonald, Sir John A., 29
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 225
Maisonneuve, 138
Manitoba, 31, 65, 178-193
Manufactures, 86-89;
in New Brunswick, 118;
in Nova Scotia, 100;
in Ontario, 168;
in Quebec, 148, 149
Maritime Provinces, 9, 20, 29, 30, 77 (_see_ Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island).
Medicine Hat, 221, 222
Minerals and mining, 71, 100, 150, 151, 165, 221, 231, 232, 239, 257
“Mixed farming,” 65, 96, 189, 191, 214, 215
Mohawk Reserve (_see_ Brantford).
Money, Canadian, 305
Money required by immigrants, 298
Montreal, 138, 148, 270
Moose Jaw, 207
Motherwell, Hon. W. R., 205
Muskegs, 210
“National Policy,” 86
New Brunswick, 5, 29, 108-126
Newfoundland, 30
New France (_see_ Quebec).
North-West Rebellion, 201
Nova Scotia, 5, 29, 92-107, 257, 281
Nova Scotian, 23
Okanagan District, 234
Ontario, 5, 20, 31, 86, 159-177
Opportunities, special, 22, 169, 190
Oregon, Treaty of, 231
Orleans, Isle of, 1
Ottawa, 37-41, 168
Pacific Ocean, 18, 20
Panama Canal, 74, 235
Peace River District, 212, 235
Pioneers, 67, 152, 161, 174;
British, 3;
French, 2, 274;
hardships of, 7, 61, 259-262
Plateau, 21
Police, North-West Mounted, 55, 205, 240
Population, origin of, etc., 89;
Eskimo, 48;
immigrant, 49-52;
Indian, 48;
of Manitoba, 184, 192;
of New Brunswick, 113, 114, 126;
of Nova Scotia, 106;
of Ontario, 175;
of Prince Edward Island, 132;
of Quebec, 146;
of Saskatchewan, 203
Pre-emptions, British Columbia, 236, 237
Prince Albert, 196, 200, 207
Prince Edward Island, 5, 29, 30, 87, 127-137
Prince Rupert, 18, 227, 259
Pulpwood, 115, 160, 167, 181
Quarter-sections, 42, 262
Quebec (city), 1, 30, 139, 140, 148, 283
Quebec (province), 5, 20, 30, 31, 138-158
Quebec Act, 4, 143
Railway, Canadian Northern, 82, 83, 186, 201;
Canadian Pacific, 76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 148, 165, 186, 201, 217,
220, 229, 235, 236;
Grand Trunk System, 78, 79, 121, 148, 173, 186, 202, 220, 235;
Intercolonial, 77, 78, 80, 129;
National Transcontinental (_see_ Grand Trunk);
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario, 165, 173
Railways, 43, 76, 77, 79, 83-85, 173, 209, 224, 228, 291
Ranches, cattle, 213;
fruit, 234
Red Deer, 215
Red River Rebellion, 184
Regina, 207
Religion, 10, 49, 61-63, 241, 253, 263, 273, 283;
in Manitoba, 192;
in New Brunswick, 126;
in Nova Scotia, 107;
in Ontario, 161, 175, 177;
in Prince Edward Island, 136;
in Quebec, 157;
in Saskatchewan, 204, 205
“Remittance-man,” 244
Revenues, Dominion, 36, 42;
Provincial, 36
Rideau Hall, 40
Riel, Louis, 184, 185, 201
River, Athabasca, 211;
Bow, 217;
Columbia, 229;
Coppermine, 48;
Fraser, 228, 229, 232;
Grand, 45;
Klondyke, 239;
Kootenay, 228, 229;
Laird, 229;
Mackenzie, 48, 240, 241;
Naas, 229;
Ottawa (or Grand), 38, 163;
Peace, 211;
St. John, 111-114, 120;
St. Lawrence, 1, 18, 138, 159, 163;
Saskatchewan, 196;
Skeena, 229;
Stickine, 229;
Thompson, 229, 232;
Yukon, 239
Rivers, 21, 121
Roads, 121
Rocky Mountains, 21, 210, 211
Roman Catholics, 4, 28, 143, 175, 241
St. John (city), 121
St. John River (_see_ Rivers).
Salvation Army, The, 282, 303, 304
Saskatchewan, province, 65, 194-208, 260
Saskatchewan, River (_see_ Rivers).
Saskatoon, 196, 207
Sault Ste. Marie, 75, 164
Section, 42
Seigneurial tenure, 142
Selkirk Mountains, 233
Selkirk Settlers, 182, 183
Senate, Dominion, 31
Sherbrooke, 153
Shipping, 73, 74, 99, 147
Simcoe, Governor, 12
Smith, Goldwin, 32
Social life, 262-265
Soil and surface, 7, 20;
in Alberta, 209-211, 213;
in British Columbia, 223-225;
in Manitoba, 180, 181;
in New Brunswick, 118, 119;
in Nova Scotia, 95, 96;
in Ontario, 162;
in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133, 134;
in Saskatchewan, 195, 196
Strathcona, Lord (Sir Donald Smith), 81
Sudbury, 71, 165, 166
Sulte, Benjamin, 143
Taché, Sir Etienne, 29
Taxation, 36
Telephone, rural, 176, 263
Temperance, 55, 135, 273
Tickets, 292, 300
Toronto, 40, 168, 255, 256, 270, 282
Townships, 42
“Treaty,” with Indians (_see_ Franchise).
“United Farmers,” Alberta, 205, 216
Universities, 57, 58, 105, 124, 158, 175, 188, 207, 221, 238
Upper Canada (_see also_ Ontario), 5, 7, 12, 17
Vancouver, City, 18, 23, 227, 235, 237, 259
Vancouver, Island, 231, 232, 234
Victoria, 18, 23, 227, 232
Wages, in Alberta, 219;
in Manitoba, 192, 193;
in New Brunswick, 124;
in Nova Scotia, 106;
in Ontario, 171;
in Prince Edward Island, 136;
in Quebec, 155;
in Saskatchewan, 208;
for women, 268, 270, 271
Wallis, Sir Provo, 194
Wampum, 46
War of 1812 . . ., 11
Warnings to immigrants, 174, 193, 237, 276-280
Water-powers, 87, 100, 148, 160, 176
Wheat, 82, 179, 183, 189, 194, 195, 198, 199, 214, 215
Winnipeg, 21, 178, 180, 182, 184-190, 255, 269, 270
Wolfe, General, 2
Women, 258;
as charwomen, 268;
as domestic servants, 261, 264, 266, 290;
as dressmakers, 270;
in factories, 269;
in offices, 269;
in shops, 269;
in schools, 271;
in professions, 272
(_see_ Wages).
Women, National Council of, 272
Women’s Institutes and Societies, 61, 176, 265, 272
Workers on land needed, 249, 257;
skilled, in villages, 254