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 RELIGION — INSTRUCTION

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Religion. The number of members of each religious creed was as follows in 1911: —

Roman Catholics.

. 2,833,041

Congregational ists.

34,054

Presbyterians

. 1,115,324

Greek Church.

88,507

Anglicans

. 1,043,017

Jews

74,564

Methodists.

. 1,079,892

Miscellaneous creeds l

293.224

Baptists

. 382,666

No creed stated

32,490

Lutherans

. 229,864

Total

7,206,643

1 Including Pagans. The numbers of the leading denominations in the provinces, 1911 : —

Province

Roman

Church of

Pr *? b J r - Methodiat

Baptist 1

Catholic

England

t«nan 524,603 671,727

Ontario

484,997

489,704

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 44,611 Mennonitea.

Instruction.

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

Each province has one or more universities 22 in all, with 2,616 professors and teachers, and 20,535 students, in 1918-19), and several colleges. The provincial universities are supported by the Government, and include those of New Brunswick, Toronto, Saskatchewan, Albrrta, and British Columbia. Those on private foundation comprise Dalhousie, McGill, Queen's (formerly denominational and now State-aided), and Western, of London, Ontario. The denominational universities include King's, Arcadia, and St. Francois Xavier, all of Nova Scotia : Sackville, New Bruns- wick : Laval, Bishop's College, and Lennoxville, of Quebec ; and McMaster and Ottawa, in Ontario. There are in all about 43 colleges ; attendance, 12,671 during the academic year 1918-19.

Information respecting the State-controlled elementary and secondary schools : —