00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.894881 CaOODSP 20221107173852 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 201223s1939 oncb ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cnp-- Z1-1937/2-41-11E-PDF Waines, W.J.‏ ‎ (William John),‏ ‎ 1901- author. Prairie population possibilities : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / by W.J. Waines. Ottawa : [J.O. Patenaude, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty], 1939. 1 online resource (ii, 77 pages) : maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. "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. Prairie Provinces Population. Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, issuing body. Perspectives de peuplement des prairies : (CaOODSP)9.894883 PDF 44.69 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/bcp-pco/Z1-1937-2-41/Z1-1937-2-41-11-eng.pdf