“Population all Canada, showing proportion of Volunteers in cities and counties.
| Cities, | 257,273 | Volunteers | 8,525, | —or say 33 for each 1,000. |
| Rural, | 2,249,479 | ” | 16,485, | —or say 7⅓ for each 1,000. |
| ———— | ——— | |||
| 2,506,752 | 25,010 |
“Population of Cities.
| Lower Canada, | 153,389 | Volunteers, | 5,500, | or say 36 for each 1,000. |
| Upper Canada, | 103,884 | ” | 3,025, | or say 29 for each 1,000. |
| ——— | ——– | |||
| 257,273 | 8,525 |
“Population of Rural Parts.
| Lower Canada, | 957,275 | Volunteers, | 4,730, | or say 5 for each 1,000. |
| Upper Canada, | 1,292,204 | ” | 11,755, | or say 9 for each 1,000. |
| ———— | ——— | |||
| 2,249,479 | 16,485 |
“It will thus be seen that in the cities of Canada, those in the Upper Section of the Province contribute less, in proportion to their population, than do those in the Lower Section; while in the rural parts, Upper Canada contributes a larger number for each 1,000 inhabitants than does Lower Canada.
“The volunteering, thus far, has been the free-will offering of the people, and it is gratifying to observe that in the counties of Upper Canada, with the exception of three, nearly every one has furnished its quota of the 25,000 now organised, while in many instances they are considerably beyond the proportionate number.
“In Lower Canada, until of late, volunteer corps have been chiefly organised in the cities, but within the last six months a considerable number of volunteers have been organised in the rural parts, and now evidences are not wanting that ere long applications will be received at this department for permission to increase this number considerably.