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Population of the principal cities and towns, 1911 :—
Cities
Population, 1911
Cities
Population, 1911
Montreal .
Toronto .
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Ottawa .
Hamilton
Quebec
470,480
376,538
136,035
100,401
87,062
81,969
78,190
Halifax . London . Calgary . St. John . Victoria . Regina
46,619 46,300 43,704 42,511 31,660 30,213
There are no complete vital statistics collected for the Dominion. Declared settlers arrived in Canada during 4 years :
Nationality
From the United States
English and Welsh
Irish
Scotch .
Austro-Hungarian
German
Scandinavian
French and Belgians
Italians
Hebrews
Russians and Finlandei
Other Nationalities
Total
Number of Immigrants arrived in the Years ended March 31
1908-9
59,832
37,482
3,609
11,810
10,798
1,340
1,887
2,658
4,228
1,636
4,216
7,412
146,908
1909-10
103,798
41,144
3,940
14,706
9,757
1,533
3,387
2,637
7,118
3,182
6,021
11,571
1910-11
121,451
86,212 6,877
29,924
16,285 2,533 5,382 3,604 8,359 5,146 8,753
16,558
1911-12
133,710
96,806
8,327
32,988
21,651
4,664
4,086
3,095
7,590
5,322
11.451
23,947
208,794
311,084
354,237
a J^}^^^ *^^® ^®^^' settlers obtained 6,252,960 acres of free land : in 1910 6,650,880 acres ; and in 1911, 7,116,640 acres. '
Under an Act passed in 1903, a tax of 500 dollars a head is levied on C^hmamen landing in Canada. In the year 1910-11, 4,515 Chinese immi- grants paid the tax.
Religion.
The number of members of each religious creed was as follows in 1911:—
Roman Catholics
Presbyterians
Anglicans
Methodists
Baptists
Lutherans
2,833,041 1,115,324 1,043,017 1,079,892
382,666
229,864
1 Including Pagans.
Congregationalists Miscellaneous creeds^ No creed stated
Total
. 34,054
, 554,490
32,490
7,204,838
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