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Canada
is 30 times as large as the United Kingdom' larger that
Australia, as large again as India, and forms one-third of the
whole British Empire.
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Canada
has 13,000 miles of coast line and taps three oceans.
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Of
Canada's population, 86 per cent are Canadian born, 10 per
cent born under the British flag, and only three per cent foreign
born.
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The
Canadian Pacific Railway was built in five years,
instead of 10, as called for by contract.
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Children
in the schools of the Canadian Northwest speak 21
different languages.
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Only
seven of the original 33 Fathers of Confederation are
living.
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Almost
all the valuable minerals are found in Canada.
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Canada
was the first of Britain's colonies to demand and
receive self-government, as she was the first to form a
confederation.
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Canada's
great Northwest is large and rich enough to sustain 50
million people.
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Only
one-quarter of the area of Canada is occupied.
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The
American Geographical Society states that there are a
million square miles of practically unexplored territory
in Canada.
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Canada
has one of the largest continuous stretches of inland
navigation in the world -- 2,347 miles -- from the St.
Lawrence to the head of Lake Superior.
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Canada
has over 18,000 public schools with over a million
pupils, taught by 27,000 teachers.
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Canada
has 17 universities and over 50 colleges.
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Canada
has the largest wheat field in the world -- 900 miles
long by 300 miles wide.
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Canada
has 17,000 miles of railway, representing a capital of
nearly 900 million.
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Canada
has 10,000 post offices.
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Canada
has a militia force of 37,000.
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7,300
Doukhobors migrated from Southern Russia to the Canadian
Northwest in 1899 -- the greatest modern exodus of any
one people in a body to come to the American continent.
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9,000
Galicians have settled in the Canadian Northwest from
South Austria.
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50,000
immigrants came to Canada in 1900.
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Canada
has 250,000 acres of coal lands in the Crow's Nest Pass,
estimated to contain 20 billion tons of which at 4
million a year will last 5,000 years.
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Manitoba
was first settled by 100 Scotchmen, brought out by Lord
Selkirk.
