THE AUTHOR’S THANKS

THE HON. DR. W. J. ROCHE

DOMINION MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

FOR KINDNESS SHOWN

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	FOREWORD	[vii]

I.	WHY PEOPLE GO TO CANADA	[9]

II.	THE HOME OF A NATION	[25]

III.	THE MAKING OF MODERN CANADA	[31]

IV.	THE ROMANCE OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION	[50]

V.	SETTLING ON THE LAND	[70]

VI.	CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT	[104]

VII.	“REAL ESTATE”	[146]

VIII.	THE HOMES OF CANADA	[164]

IX.	LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY	[183]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA]	Frontispiece

[THE “EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” WITH EMIGRANTS AT RIMOUSKI]	18

[SIX MONTHS OUT FROM HOME]	24

[QUEBEC FROM THE RIVER]	34

[COUNTRY SCENE IN OTTAWA]	44

[THE POWER PLOUGH IN SASKATCHEWAN]	62

[EVANGELINE’S WELL, ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, NOVA SCOTIA]	70

[STEAM PLOUGH IN ALBERTA]	84

[TORONTO, YONGE STREET]	104

[GALA DAY AT WINNIPEG]	116

[REGINA]	126

[CALGARY]	137

[PLOUGHING AND HARVESTING]	164

[STRATHCONA MONUMENT AT MONTREAL]	171

[A SASKATOON SCHOOL]	182

[EMIGRANTS LANDED AT QUEBEC]	188

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