Canada and the British immigrant

Name: Canada and the British immigrant
Author: Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)

Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)

Canada -- Description and travel; Canada -- Economic conditions

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

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Canada and the British immigrant

Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)

Canada -- Description and travel; Canada -- Economic conditions

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

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