Prairie population possibilities : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / by W.J. Waines.: Z1-1937/2-41-11E-PDF
"Professor Waines analyzes the present distribution of population by soil zones and collates estimates of the amount of unoccupied land, classified by quality, available. Assuming no major change in technique which would make submarginal areas commercially productive, Professor Waines finds room for only a limited additional settlement in the northern grey timber and black park transitional zones. Probable abandonment of submarginal lands in other zones, and the application of more extensive mechanized farming methods in the areas where that would appear economical may well displace an equal population. The problem is thus whether the prairies can, far from absorbing new immigration, support their own natural increase without a reduction in the average standard of living"--Editorial Foreword.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, issuing body. |
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| Title | Prairie population possibilities : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / by W.J. Waines. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Privy Council Office]. Issued also in French under title: Perspective de peuplement des prairies : étude préparée pour la Commission royale des relations entre le dominion et les provinces Includes bibliographical references. Introduction -- The Major Soil Zones: Land Utilization, Climatic and Physical Characteristics -- The Possibilities of Further Economic Expansion and Increases in Population -- Problems of Readjustment in the Agricultural Economy of the Prairie Provinces -- Conclusion -- Appendix. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : [J.O. Patenaude, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty], 1939. |
| Author / Contributor | Waines, W.J. (William John), 1901- author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (ii, 77 pages) : maps |
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| Subject terms | Prairie Provinces -- Population. |
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