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THE BRITISH EMPIRE

CANADA

The numbers of the leading denominations in the provinces, 1911 :-

Province

Roman Catholic

Church of England

Presby- terian

524,603

Methodist

Baptist 1

Ontario

484,997

489,704

671,727

132,809

Quebec

1,724,683

102,684

64,125

42,444

9,255

Nova Scotia

144,991

75,315

109,560

57,606

83,854

New Brunswick

144,889

42,864

39,207

34,558

82,106

Manitoba.

73,994

86,578

103,621

65,897

13,992

British Columbia

58,397

100,952

82,125

52,132

17,228

Prince Edward Island.

41,994

4,939

27,509

12,209

5,372

Alberta

62,193

55,628

66,351

61,844

19,491

Saskatchewan

90,092

75,342

96,564

78,325

18,371

The Territories.

6,811

9,011

1,659

3,150

188

1 Not including 32,600 Tunkers and Mennonites.

Instruction.

Each j)roviuce has one or more universities (20 in all, with about 500 professors and teachers, and 10,000 students), and several colleges. There are in all about 20 degree-granting bodies in the Dominion, with about 40 colleges ; estimated attendance, 25,000.

Information respecting the public, high, and superior schools : —

Provinces

Year Ended

Schools

Teachers

Pupils

Expendi- ture

Dollars

Ontario ....

Dec, 1910

6,575

11,873

514,774

10,979,268

Quebec ....

June, 1911

6,890

13,238

397,060

6,224,146

Nova Scotia

July, 1911

2,657

2,855

104.994

1.329,674

New Brunswick.

June, 1911

1,186

1,991

69,327

286,2751

Manitoba ....

Dec, 1910

2,227

2,774

76,247

4,000,671

British Columbia

June, 1911

533

1,163

44,945

2,641,522

P. E. Island

June, 1911

478

591

17,397

181,177

Alberta ....

Dec, 1910

1,195

1,610

55,307

3,362,394

Saskatchewan.

Dec, 1910

1,925

2,726

65,382

3,655,428

1 Government and County fund expenditure only.

The Provincial Governments have control of education ; the systems are all based on the principle of free education, the funds being supplied in nearly all the provinces by Government grants and local taxation. Education is more or less compulsory, but the law is not very strictly enforced. In Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and Saskatchewan there arc separate schools for Roman Catholics ; in the other provinces the schools are unsectarian.

Justice and Crime.

There is a Supreme Court in Ottawa, having appellate, civil and criminal jurisdiction in and throughout Canada. There is an exchequer court, which is also a colonial court of admiralty, with powers as provided in the