5H
CANADA.
Name
Horse- power
Guns
Tonnage
Prince Alfred .
75
3
456
Rescue . .
65
3
275
Britomart .
60
2
226
Cherub .
60
2
226
Heron .
60
2
226
Minstrel
60
2
226
Napoleon III.
300
2
211
Lady Head .
158
2
168
Besides the above, the Government of the Dominion owned the ' Daring ' and the ' Druid,' two fast steamers, employed on coast service, not fitted with guns, but available as gunboats. — (Commu- nication of the Dominion Government to the Statesman's Year~ book.)
Population.
The population of United Canada in the year 1800 was estimated at 240,000; in 1825 it amounted to 581,920; and in 1851 to 1,842,265. The area and population of the Dominion of Canada, according to the last census, taken in January 1861, are as follows: —
Ontario .... Quebec .... Nova Scotia New Brunswick
Total .
Area
Population
Eng. sq. miles
121,260
210,020
18,671
27,037
1,396,091
1,111,566
330,857
252,047
376,988
3,090,561
The probable population of the Dominion, calculated on the basis of the registries of births and deaths, and the returns of immigra- tion and emigration, is given as follows, for the end of each of the three years 1869 to 1871 : —
Provinces
1869
1870
1871
Ontario .... Quebec ....
Nova Scotia Now Brunswick
Total .
1,962,067
1,354,067
382,365
319,027
2,047,334
1,387,884
389,343
322,398
2,136,308
1,422,546
396,449
327,800
4,009,526
4,146,959
4,283,103
