outlet for half Canada's commerce by way of the Pacific. It is in
British Columbia that East must meet West and work out destiny.


[1] In 1800, the United States population was 5,308,483; in 1901, the
Canadian population was 5,371,315.

[2] Ireland lost one-half her population from 1840 to 1900, Her
population dropped in round numbers from eight millions to four
millions.

[3] Total foreign trade of Canada, 1912, $1,085,264,000; of United
States, $4,538,702,000.

[4] This presupposes immigration to the United States at a million and
a quarter, as before the war.

[5] Speaking generally, there are few sections of the Northwest where
the average rainfall is scanty.

[6] The areas of all the Canadian provinces except the maritime ones
have been extended in recent years--Quebec to include Labrador--except
the East Shore, which is under Newfoundland; Ontario to James Bay;
Manitoba and Saskatchewan to Hudson Bay; Alberta to MacKenzie River.
Northern British Columbia is not yet surveyed, which explains why its
northern area is largely a matter of guess--closest estimates placing
the whole province including Yukon as twice Germany; without Yukon as
about one and two-thirds the area of Germany; but this is rough
guesswork.