HOMES AND CAREERS IN CANADA * * * * * PUBLISHER’S NOTE _After the sheets of this book were printed off, it was found that the title chosen_, Making Good in Canada, _had been used for another book that just secured priority of publication. It was necessary to change the title, but the original title had to remain at the heads of the pages._ [Illustration: PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA.] HOMES AND CAREERS IN CANADA BY H. JEFFS _WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS_ LONDON JAMES CLARKE & CO., 13 & 14 FLEET STREET 1914 THE AUTHOR’S THANKS TO THE HON. DR. W. J. ROCHE DOMINION MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR FOR KINDNESS SHOWN CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE FOREWORD vii I. WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA 9 II. THE HOME OF A NATION 25 III. THE MAKING OF MODERN CANADA 31 IV. THE ROMANCE OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION 50 V. SETTLING ON THE LAND 70 VI. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 104 VII. “REAL ESTATE” 146 VIII. THE HOMES OF CANADA 164 IX. LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY 183 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA _Frontispiece_ THE “EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” WITH EMIGRANTS AT RIMOUSKI 18 SIX MONTHS OUT FROM HOME 24 QUEBEC FROM THE RIVER 34 COUNTRY SCENE IN OTTAWA 44 THE POWER PLOUGH IN SASKATCHEWAN 62 EVANGELINE’S WELL, ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, NOVA SCOTIA 70 STEAM PLOUGH IN ALBERTA 84 TORONTO, YONGE STREET 104 GALA DAY AT WINNIPEG 116 REGINA 126 CALGARY 137 PLOUGHING AND HARVESTING 164 STRATHCONA MONUMENT AT MONTREAL 171