Part 18

Between November 1 and February 28, the Canadian Government requires that adult passengers shall have at least $50 (£10) in their possession at time of landing, and $25 (£5) for each person under eighteen, together with necessary transportation, or money equal to cost of transportation, to their destination in Canada. Between March 1 and October 30 the money requirement is $25 (£5) and $12·50 (£2 10_s._). Exceptions to this are persons going as farm labourers and domestic servants who can prove to Immigration Authorities that they have assured employment. They must also be provided with means to reach destination. Also immigrants, whether male or female, going to reside with a relative who is able and willing to support such immigrant, providing immigrant has the means of reaching the place of residence of such relative:—

1. Wife going to husband. 2. Child going to parent. 3. Brother or sister going to brother. 4. Minor going to married or independent sister. 5. Parent going to son or daughter.

NOTE D.

COST OF PASSAGE AND BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE.

There are no assisted passages except, in some provinces, loans by Government to domestic servants. The steamship fares are: Second class, from £8 to £12; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, £1. Third class, £5 to £10; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, 10_s._ The fare by rail charged to newcomers is one penny a mile.

Colonists are allowed free on ocean steamers twenty cubic feet of baggage for second cabin, and ten cubic feet third-class. On railways in Canada and the States one hundred and fifty pounds for each adult, and seventy-five pounds for each child’s half-fare ticket are carried free, but this applies only to personal effects. No single piece of baggage of over two hundred and fifty pounds will be carried on passenger trains, but must be sent by goods train. This must be done also, at additional charge, in the case of all goods not wearing apparel or personal effects.

If free baggage allowance as above is exceeded, the extra charge on steamship will be 9_d._ per cubic foot, second cabin; and 6_d._ per cubic foot, third-class. On the railways the extra charge will be 12 per cent. of the colonist fare for each one hundred pounds or part thereof.

SALVATION ARMY TICKETS COVERING COST OF BED AND FOOD ON RAIL AT INCLUSIVE RATES.

To Vancouver, for British Columbia, £17 15_s._; to Calgary, £15; to Medicine Hat, £14 10_s._; to Regina, £13 10_s._; to Winnipeg, for Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, £12 5_s._; to Toronto, for Ontario (10_s._ less from Southampton), £9 5_s._ The figures quoted cover third-class accommodation on the ocean and colonist railway car in Canada. Passengers travelling second-class on the ship can add the extra.

For particulars apply to Commissioner D. C. Lamb, 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.; or any of the following branch offices: 170A, London Road, Liverpool; 5, Denmark Street, Bristol; 74, Cobourg Street, Plymouth; 203, Hope Street, Glasgow; and 222, Albert Bridge Road, Belfast.

The Army also has a fully-equipped department for dealing with first and second-class business. Address: 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.

NOTE E.

“SETTLERS’ EFFECTS DUTY FREE.”

The following is an extract from the Customs tariff of Canada, specifying the articles which can be entered by settlers free of duty:

_Item_ 455. _Settlers’ Effects, viz._:—Wearing apparel, books, usual and reasonable household furniture and other household effects; instruments and tools of trade, occupation or employment, guns, musical instruments, domestic sewing machines, typewriters, bicycles, carts, waggons and other highway vehicles, agricultural implements, and live stock for the farm, not to include live stock or articles for sale, or for use as a contractor’s outfit, nor vehicles nor implements moved by mechanical power, nor machinery for use in any manufacturing establishment; all the foregoing if actually owned abroad by the settler for at least six months before his removal to Canada and subject to regulations by the Minister of Customs: Provided that any dutiable articles entered as settlers’ effects may not be so entered unless brought by the settler on his first arrival, and shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of without payment of duty until after twelve months’ actual use in Canada.

The settler will be required to fill up a form (which will be supplied to him by the Customs officer on application) giving description, value, etc., of the goods and articles he wishes to be allowed to bring in free of duty.

NOTE F.

YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS DIRECTORY, ETC.

_Directory of the Young Women’s Christian Associations of Canada._ _Ontario_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Berlin, 72, Queen St. E. Brantford, Victoria Park Miss Best. Hamilton, 17, Main St. W. Miss I. Mackenzie. Kingston, 196, Johnson St. Miss L. K. Knowles. London, 510, Wellington St. 326, Dundas St. Ottawa, 135, Metcalfe St. Miss C. Sutcliffe. Peterborough, 230, Simcoe Mrs. Grey. Stratford, 45, Waterloo St. Miss Dand. St. Thomas, 250, Talbot St. Miss B. K. Gunn. Toronto, 18 Elm St. Miss Pierce. Elm House, 18 Elm St. Simcoe House, 180, Simcoe St. Dufferin House, 248, Dufferin St. Pembroke House, 76, Pembroke St. Alexandra House, 240, St. Patrick St. Ontario House, 698, Ontario St. Club Rooms, 1684, Dundas St. Miss Steinhoff. Educational Building, 21, McGill Miss A. Peacock, St. Educational Secretary.

_Quebec_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Montreal, 502, Dorchester St. W. Montreal Branch, 39, McGill Col. Ave. 151, Fairmount Ave. Quebec, 125, St. Anne St. Miss Townsend. Sherbrooke, 2, Moore St.

_Nova Scotia_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Halifax, 65, Hollis St. Miss Harrington.

_Manitoba_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Brandon, 117, Tenth St. Miss E. McGregor. 148, Eleventh St. Winnipeg, Ellice Ave. West Miss N. Elliott. Branches, 35-37, Hargrave St. Corner Logan and Martha Streets.

_Saskatchewan_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Moose Jaw, 26, Ominica St. Miss W. Marlatt. Prince Albert, 187, Ninth St. Miss Medhurst. Regina, 1950, Lorne Ave. Miss Morton. Saskatoon, Third Ave. and Miss Tuckey. Twenty-fourth St.

_Alberta_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Calgary, 223, 12th Ave. W. Miss Glass. Edmonton, 526, Third St. Miss Lukes. First Avenue, South.

_British Columbia_:

Name. Address. General Secretary. Vancouver, 997, Dunsmuir St. Miss M. O. Anderson. Branches, 1017, Dunsmuir St.; 1008, Eveleigh St.; 832, Pender St. E. Victoria, 1904, Quadra St. Miss Bradshaw.

A Secretary will meet all steamers at Quebec, and will be glad to render assistance to those arriving.

In many of the large city depôts there is a Traveller’s Aid Secretary, whom it is wise to consult if desirous of any information.

Young women coming as strangers are urged not to seek advice from any but uniformed officers, deaconesses and Traveller’s Aid Secretaries.

The Young Women’s Christian Association is a recognised centre where any young woman may go for advice.

SALVATION ARMY HOSTELS FOR WOMEN-IMMIGRANTS.—Cathcart Lodge, 24, Cathcart Street, Montreal; Rosedale Lodge, 916, Yonge Street, Toronto; Balmoral Lodge, Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg; and Pleasant Lodge, 75, Seventh Avenue East, Vancouver.

_Women Domestics._

The Salvation Army Emigration Department undertakes:

1. To advance, if necessary, by way of loan, part of the passage money to approved domestic servants.

2. To give free and disinterested advice as to the best locality in which to settle and the best time to go.

3. To safely take parties of girls to Canada under the care of experienced conductors.

4. To have parties of girls met by our own officers on arrival in Canada, conducted through the Customs and to the trains, and thence to their destinations.

5. To guarantee employment before leaving England to all domestic servants emigrating to Canada under our auspices.

6. To accommodate girls in one of our four Hostels in Canada, should it be necessary to wait a day or two before going to their situations.

BRITISH WELCOME LEAGUE (for Men, Women and Children), 4 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Dominion Headquarters),15, Toronto Street, Toronto. IMPERIAL HOME REUNION ASSOCIATION.

Winnipeg Offices: The Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, Main and Water Streets (’Phone M 1,000). (Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum charged on all loans.) Branches at Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Hamilton, Brandon, Ottawa, Regina, Red Deer, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, St. John, Medicine Hat, Halifax, Nelson, Gait, Weyburn, Dauphin, Victoria, Fort William, Lethbridge, London, Peterborough.

NOTE G.

BRITISH EQUIVALENT OF CANADIAN MONEY.

_s. _d. _ _ 5 cents (known as a “nickel”) 2½ 10 cents 5 ( “ “ “dime”) 25 cents 1 0½ ( “ “ “quarter”) 1 dollar = 4_s._ 2_d._ An English sovereign is worth $4·86.

INDEX

Aberdeen, Earl of, 41 Abraham, Plains of, 2 Addresses of Government Immigration Agents, etc., 295 Agricultural Associations, 61, 125, 176, 265 Agricultural Colleges, 105, 176, 188 Agriculture, 35; importance of, 65, 88; in Alberta, 65, 213-220; in British Columbia, 65, 233-236; in Manitoba, 65, 189-192; in New Brunswick, 108, 109, 118-125; in Nova Scotia, 102-105; in Ontario, 168-170; in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133-135; in Quebec, 152-156; in Saskatchewan, 65, 194, 198, 199. Agriculture, Department of, 125 Alberta, 65, 209-222 Arctic Circle, 240 Associations helpful to immigrants: British Welcome League, 282, 304; Bureau of Industries and Immigration, Nova Scotia, 281; Imperial Home Reunion Association, 187, 255, 274, 304; Salvation Army, 282, 303, 304; Young Men’s Christian Association, 304; Young Women’s Christian Association, 282, 301 Associations, Women’s, 272-273, 283, 301-304 Atlantic Ocean, 25

Baggage, 299, 300 Barnstead, Arthur S., 256 Berlin, 168 Bible Society, British and Foreign, 64 Bigot, Intendant, 141 Boundaries of Canada, 17 Brant, 45 Brantford, 45, 168 British-Canadians, 4, 5 British Columbia, 65, 223-239, 257, 258 British North America Act, 30, 33, 36 Brown, George, 29 By, Colonel John, 37 Bytown (_see_ Ottawa), 39

Calgary, 21, 222 Canadian Forestry Association, 68 Canals and waterways, 75, 76, 147, 164 Cariboo Road, 232 Cartier, Jacques, 138, 139 Census, 31, 48, 274 Champlain, Samuel, 2, 139 Charlottetown, 29, 129-131, 133, 135 Charwomen, 268 “Chinook” wind, 212 Climate, 19, 69, 70; of Alberta, 211-213; of British Columbia, 226-228; of Manitoba, 179-180; of New Brunswick, 109, 110; of Nova Scotia, 94; of Ontario, 162, 163; of Prince Edward Island, 128; of Quebec, 144-146, 156; of Saskatchewan, 197, 198 Coal, 71, 221 Coast Ranges, 223 Cobalt, 71, 165 Confederation, 16, 26-41, 80, 89, 183 Conservation Commission, 68, 69 Co-operation, 206, 216, 222 Criticisms of Canada, 89-91 Crown lands (_see_ Revenue). Cunard, Samuel, 94

Dawson (city), 2, 239, 241 Dawson, Sir William, 94, 158 Diamond, Cape, 2 Dufferin, Lord, 41 Durham, Lord, 15

Eastern Townships (Quebec), 152-157 Edmonton, 210, 221, 222 Education, 10, 28, 43, 49, 56-60, 253; in Alberta, 221; in British Columbia, 57, 237; in Manitoba, 188; in New Brunswick, 124; in Nova Scotia, 105; in Ontario, 175; in Prince Edward Island, 135; in Quebec, 157, 158; in Saskatchewan, 206, 207, 263 Electricity (_see_ Water-powers). Emigration agents, Canadian Government, 281 Eskimos, 47-48, 241 Evans, 46

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

Macdonald, Sir John A., 29 Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 225 Maisonneuve, 138 Manitoba, 31, 65, 178-193 Manufactures, 86-89; in New Brunswick, 118; in Nova Scotia, 100; in Ontario, 168; in Quebec, 148, 149 Maritime Provinces, 9, 20, 29, 30, 77 (_see_ Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island). Medicine Hat, 221, 222 Minerals and mining, 71, 100, 150, 151, 165, 221, 231, 232, 239, 257 “Mixed farming,” 65, 96, 189, 191, 214, 215 Mohawk Reserve (_see_ Brantford). Money, Canadian, 305 Money required by immigrants, 298 Montreal, 138, 148, 270 Moose Jaw, 207 Motherwell, Hon. W. R., 205 Muskegs, 210

“National Policy,” 86 New Brunswick, 5, 29, 108-126 Newfoundland, 30 New France (_see_ Quebec). North-West Rebellion, 201 Nova Scotia, 5, 29, 92-107, 257, 281 Nova Scotian, 23

Okanagan District, 234 Ontario, 5, 20, 31, 86, 159-177 Opportunities, special, 22, 169, 190 Oregon, Treaty of, 231 Orleans, Isle of, 1 Ottawa, 37-41, 168

Pacific Ocean, 18, 20 Panama Canal, 74, 235 Peace River District, 212, 235 Pioneers, 67, 152, 161, 174; British, 3; French, 2, 274; hardships of, 7, 61, 259-262 Plateau, 21 Police, North-West Mounted, 55, 205, 240 Population, origin of, etc., 89; Eskimo, 48; immigrant, 49-52; Indian, 48; of Manitoba, 184, 192; of New Brunswick, 113, 114, 126; of Nova Scotia, 106; of Ontario, 175; of Prince Edward Island, 132; of Quebec, 146; of Saskatchewan, 203 Pre-emptions, British Columbia, 236, 237 Prince Albert, 196, 200, 207 Prince Edward Island, 5, 29, 30, 87, 127-137 Prince Rupert, 18, 227, 259 Pulpwood, 115, 160, 167, 181

Quarter-sections, 42, 262 Quebec (city), 1, 30, 139, 140, 148, 283 Quebec (province), 5, 20, 30, 31, 138-158 Quebec Act, 4, 143

Railway, Canadian Northern, 82, 83, 186, 201; Canadian Pacific, 76, 80, 81, 82, 85, 148, 165, 186, 201, 217, 220, 229, 235, 236; Grand Trunk System, 78, 79, 121, 148, 173, 186, 202, 220, 235; Intercolonial, 77, 78, 80, 129; National Transcontinental (_see_ Grand Trunk); Temiskaming and Northern Ontario, 165, 173 Railways, 43, 76, 77, 79, 83-85, 173, 209, 224, 228, 291 Ranches, cattle, 213; fruit, 234 Red Deer, 215 Red River Rebellion, 184 Regina, 207 Religion, 10, 49, 61-63, 241, 253, 263, 273, 283; in Manitoba, 192; in New Brunswick, 126; in Nova Scotia, 107; in Ontario, 161, 175, 177; in Prince Edward Island, 136; in Quebec, 157; in Saskatchewan, 204, 205 “Remittance-man,” 244 Revenues, Dominion, 36, 42; Provincial, 36 Rideau Hall, 40 Riel, Louis, 184, 185, 201 River, Athabasca, 211; Bow, 217; Columbia, 229; Coppermine, 48; Fraser, 228, 229, 232; Grand, 45; Klondyke, 239; Kootenay, 228, 229; Laird, 229; Mackenzie, 48, 240, 241; Naas, 229; Ottawa (or Grand), 38, 163; Peace, 211; St. John, 111-114, 120; St. Lawrence, 1, 18, 138, 159, 163; Saskatchewan, 196; Skeena, 229; Stickine, 229; Thompson, 229, 232; Yukon, 239 Rivers, 21, 121 Roads, 121 Rocky Mountains, 21, 210, 211 Roman Catholics, 4, 28, 143, 175, 241

St. John (city), 121 St. John River (_see_ Rivers). Salvation Army, The, 282, 303, 304 Saskatchewan, province, 65, 194-208, 260 Saskatchewan, River (_see_ Rivers). Saskatoon, 196, 207 Sault Ste. Marie, 75, 164 Section, 42 Seigneurial tenure, 142 Selkirk Mountains, 233 Selkirk Settlers, 182, 183 Senate, Dominion, 31 Sherbrooke, 153 Shipping, 73, 74, 99, 147 Simcoe, Governor, 12 Smith, Goldwin, 32 Social life, 262-265 Soil and surface, 7, 20; in Alberta, 209-211, 213; in British Columbia, 223-225; in Manitoba, 180, 181; in New Brunswick, 118, 119; in Nova Scotia, 95, 96; in Ontario, 162; in Prince Edward Island, 128, 133, 134; in Saskatchewan, 195, 196 Strathcona, Lord (Sir Donald Smith), 81 Sudbury, 71, 165, 166 Sulte, Benjamin, 143

Taché, Sir Etienne, 29 Taxation, 36 Telephone, rural, 176, 263 Temperance, 55, 135, 273 Tickets, 292, 300 Toronto, 40, 168, 255, 256, 270, 282 Townships, 42 “Treaty,” with Indians (_see_ Franchise).

“United Farmers,” Alberta, 205, 216 Universities, 57, 58, 105, 124, 158, 175, 188, 207, 221, 238 Upper Canada (_see also_ Ontario), 5, 7, 12, 17

Vancouver, City, 18, 23, 227, 235, 237, 259 Vancouver, Island, 231, 232, 234 Victoria, 18, 23, 227, 232

Wages, in Alberta, 219; in Manitoba, 192, 193; in New Brunswick, 124; in Nova Scotia, 106; in Ontario, 171; in Prince Edward Island, 136; in Quebec, 155; in Saskatchewan, 208; for women, 268, 270, 271 Wallis, Sir Provo, 194 Wampum, 46 War of 1812 . . ., 11 Warnings to immigrants, 174, 193, 237, 276-280 Water-powers, 87, 100, 148, 160, 176 Wheat, 82, 179, 183, 189, 194, 195, 198, 199, 214, 215 Winnipeg, 21, 178, 180, 182, 184-190, 255, 269, 270 Wolfe, General, 2 Women, 258; as charwomen, 268; as domestic servants, 261, 264, 266, 290; as dressmakers, 270; in factories, 269; in offices, 269; in shops, 269; in schools, 271; in professions, 272 (_see_ Wages). Women, National Council of, 272 Women’s Institutes and Societies, 61, 176, 265, 272 Workers on land needed, 249, 257; skilled, in villages, 254

Yukon, 18, 239-240

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