Population of the Dominion in 1881 as Compared with that of 1871-Population of the Cities and Towns-Place of Birth-Religious Belief.-Areas of the Provinces, etc.

THE purpose of the following chapter is to give in an epitomised form the statistics of the Dominion, commencing with the population, showing the nationalities and religions of the inhabitants, as well as the areas of the different provinces; together with a table of all cities and towms having a populalion of over 5,000, and such other information as could be put into the limited number of pages at our disposal.

In this table will be found only those claiming origin from English, Scotch, Irish, French, German, or Indian parentage. All others will be excluded as not necessary to our present purpose.

Table II.-RELIGIONS OF THE PEOPLE.

In this Table I group together all Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians, and
take a column for each. Pagans and those of no religion I place in the sixth column.

RELIGIONS BY PROVINCES.

PROVINCES.

English. Presby'ians Methodists. R.Catholics Baptists. No Religion

English. Presby'ians Methodists. R Catholics Baptists. No Religion

NAMES.

Montreal