New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-23
FACTS From TIE CANADIAN CENSUS
Eron. Tie Montre1l Plot. July e.

From The Montreal Pacf, JuiB To-
We have received the second Report of the Secre-
tary of the Board of Registration and Statistics the
Census of the Canadas. The Census disclose some
singular facts which force reflection upon the mind.
Not the least startling OF these IL tie iolo"ing' We
arc informed that in The United States il has been
found-and IL is similar ia Canada-that under five
wears Of age there are more males by nearly hity
thousand Than females; then between the ages OF hf-
teen and wCnty tie females OUtuumber the males to
about the same extent The tide turns again between
the aeos of thirty and forty, then the males outnum-
leIed the females III the year 1890, upward OF nun
dIed aud sixty thousand; and ast scene OF all, at
seventy wears Of age tie feminine gender agann the
ascendant. In Canada this remarkable ebbing and
flowing of the sexual tide has been found 10 vary IN
similar ratio, differing only in the figures, IN proper
ton tothe respective population OF the two countries
Whol Ct this same result lie found IN the 0d cOun-
tries of Europe TIC report does not say but it Is not
probable. Different circumstances there produce DIT
leIeni results upon the population, as the following
facts show: OF iortywO thousand families N Brtan,
eech with husband and wife at its heal, II Is found
that twelve thousand have no children at home; eight
thousand have but one; seven thousand t"Oi nye
thousand three four thousand four; ana so on heads
of families decreasing III numbers as inc huIhoer OF
children Increases. In opposition 10 uls, Canada
shows a remarkable difference. Out OF iorty-two
Il ousand families there, only about four thousand
were without children with them, and 80 on IN proper
lion between the numbers Oi families taheh Al the re
srcctive countries large families being more plentiful
In Canada than Britain. The report accounts Tor this
difference in several ways. One Is, that emigrants 10
the country generally come out at vigorous produc-
tive ace this reason seems valid Another which he
offers does not quite 30 much So that Il, early
msTTiales 10 Canada Ii is scarcely possible that
these prevail TO a greater degree IN Canada than
la Great Britain. 1t is well known fact that among
the WO king classes OF the three kingdoms early
rsees prevail 10 a ruinous and depiorabe extent.
Another singular fact which the Report brings be-
fore us is the discrepancy IN the number OF Oths and
deaths between the two Provinces. la 1851 the births
in Upper Canada were, leaving out the ODD numbers,
$4,000; while the deaths amounted &c 1000, being
something less than fourth part OF the births. In
Lower Canada during the same year the births were,
IN round numbers $4,000 the Deaths II wv, nearly
third aTt OF the number born, thus showing heavier
mortality in the Lower Province than the Upper. The
Report states that epdemcs and eeidren comp l-rnis
zach as whooping cough, Group, &c, are much more
letsl IN Lower than IN Upper Canada.
Not tie least interesting item IN the census p the re-
turn If the Indian population these ancient lords Of
tie forest. The Report states their whole number IN
tie two Provinces 20 be S72s but II says THIS Is Prob
ably little over half their number il Is known that
many OF them hive beyond tie census limits: In sup
port o bs il Is stated that Smith, IN his work on Can
ada, enumerated them At 1900 IN lsi2
Tie most melancholy pan of the report i that re-
lating 10 the deaf dumb, blind, and lunatic. Here
again the Lower Province appears 10 disadvantage.
The number of deaf and dumb in Lover Canada i
Sos; in the Upper Province II Is little more than the
half, AZ. IL Lover Canada there Il one 70 every
l. O<9 OF The whole populations in Upper Canada one
TO every sol OF the populations while the census OF
Of the United States show prOpOrO still less,
they having only one TO every 1895 of the whole
population Tie report gives some very interesting
facts as 10 the OF dcafdumbness Tor which
have rot space; aud which, moreover are scarcely
admissible into tie columns Of a common newspaper.
The returns Of the blind show for Lower Canada 5j4,
for the Upper Province SO. being to the former 70
every 6O7 OF the whole population, 10 the later TO
every 30l2, again showing excess in Lower Cana
ia; but II Ia stated that the proportion of blind 20
the whole population If Canada West i less than
in any other country IN the world. One good
for this favorable result i the fact that Cansda West
Is alOgs tn of recent settlement and emgrauts CON-
ing TO the country generally leave their blind behind
them, either in ssyums or win friends. OF lunatics
Lower Canada has ,733 10 every 5l3 of the popu-
lstion; Upper Canada has o69 TO every 40 OF the
whole Inhabitants The number Of inhabitants who
bad either reached passed their huuiredts year in
Canada East at the taking OF the census was 81 20
females and Is males; only ont OF the waOle nun.
Der were married, but 3 were widows and wdowers;
only IL OF the whole having lived out their century
in su gle hesss dness and OF these i only were of
the masculine gender.
We have scarcely space 10 enter into tho statistics
Of the various religious denominations OF the Cana
des We shall content ourselves az present by mere
y stating that in Lower Canada there 746 s66 Ro-
man Catholics, IS, 4O2 Episcopsars o. Is3 Me;ho-
Gsis, SO, 535 Presbyierians 1893 BaDists 927 Con-
ercgaiionAlsts, and 3 450 Universalss
Such are few OF the more prominent facts which