APPENDIX
NOTE A.
List of Dominion and Provincial Officials who will give Information about Canada
Dominion Agents
England:
Mr. J. Obed Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Emigration, 11-12, Charing Cross, London, S.W.
Mr. A. F. Jury, 48, Lord Street, Liverpool.
Canadian Government Agent, 139, Corporation Street, Birmingham.
Canadian Government Agent, 81, Queen Street, Exeter.
Mr. L. Burnett, 16, Parliament Street, York.
Scotland:
Mr. J. K. Miller, 107, Hope Street, Glasgow.
Mr. G. G. Archibald, 26, Guild Street, Aberdeen.
Ireland:
Mr. John Webster, 17-19, Victoria Street, Belfast.
Mr. Edward O’Kelly, 44, Dawson Street, Dublin.
Provincial Agents
For Nova Scotia:
Mr. John Howard, Agent-General for Nova Scotia, 57a, Pall Mall, London, S.W., will also furnish information respecting the province.
When a person arrives in Nova Scotia and wishes to secure farm work, he should apply at once to the Dominion Immigration Agent in Halifax, or to Mr. Arthur S. Barnstead, the Secretary of Industries and Immigration for the province, 197, Hollis Street, Halifax.
For New Brunswick:
Call on or write to Mr. A. Bowder, New Brunswick Representative, 37, Southampton Street, London, W.C.; or to Mr. Jas. Gilchrist, Superintendent of Immigration, 4, Church Street, St. John, N.B., Canada.
For Prince Edward Island:
Apply to J. E. B. McCready, Publicity Agent, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
For Quebec:
Apply personally or by letter to—
Hon. Dr. Pelletier, Agent-General of the Province of Quebec, 36, Kingsway, London, England.
The Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries, Quebec, Canada.
Captain Labelle, Immigration Buildings, Quebec, Canada.
Mr. Emile Marquette, 82, St. Antoine Street, Montreal, Canada.
Mr. J. A. Cook, Secretary, Eastern Townships Associated Boards of Trade, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
For Ontario:
Apply to—
N. B. Colcock, Ontario Government Agent, 163, Strand, London, England.
H. A. Macdonell, Director of Colonization, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
For Manitoba:
J. Bruce Walker, Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For Saskatchewan:
Information may be obtained by writing to the Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, Regina, Saskatchewan.
For Alberta:
Address all inquiries to Chief Publicity Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Edmonton, Alberta.
For British Columbia:
Address Hon. J. H. Turner, Agent-General for British Columbia, Salisbury House, Finsbury Circus, London, England; or the Bureau of Provincial Information, Victoria, B.C.
No fees are charged by Government Agents.
NOTE B.
Synopsis of Dominion Land Regulations
Any male over eighteen years old, or a widow who is the sole head of a family, may homestead a quarter-section (one hundred and sixty acres) of available Dominion land in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta. The applicant must appear in person at the Dominion lands agency or sub-agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency on certain conditions by father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader.
Duties.—Six months’ residence upon and cultivation of at least thirty acres of the land, a proportion of which has to be done in each of three years. A homesteader may live within nine miles of his homestead on a farm of at least eighty acres solely owned and occupied by him or by his father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. The erection on the homestead of a house worth $300 (£60).
In certain districts a homesteader in good standing may pre-empt a quarter section alongside his homestead. Price $3 (12s. 6d.) per acre.
Duties.—Must reside six months in each of six years from date of homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fifty acres extra. The erection on the homestead or pre-emption of a house worth $300 (£60).
A homesteader who has exhausted his homestead right and cannot obtain a pre-emption may take a purchased homestead in certain districts. Price $3 (12s. 6d.) per acre.
Duties.—Must reside six months in each of three years, cultivate fifty acres and erect a house worth $300 (£60).
Newly-arrived immigrants will receive at any Dominion lands office in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, information as to the lands that are open for entry in that district, and from the officers in charge, free of expense, advice and assistance in securing lands to suit them. Full information respecting the land, timber, coal and mineral laws may be obtained on application to the Superintendent of Immigration, Department of the Interior, Ottawa; or the Commissioner of Immigration, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dominion land agents can furnish information regarding land in their respective districts only.
NOTE C.
Requirements as to Money Immigrants must have in Possession on Landing
Between November 1 and February 28, the Canadian Government requires that adult passengers shall have at least $50 (£10) in their possession at time of landing, and $25 (£5) for each person under eighteen, together with necessary transportation, or money equal to cost of transportation, to their destination in Canada. Between March 1 and October 30 the money requirement is $25 (£5) and $12·50 (£2 10s.). Exceptions to this are persons going as farm labourers and domestic servants who can prove to Immigration Authorities that they have assured employment. They must also be provided with means to reach destination. Also immigrants, whether male or female, going to reside with a relative who is able and willing to support such immigrant, providing immigrant has the means of reaching the place of residence of such relative:—
1. Wife going to husband.
2. Child going to parent.
3. Brother or sister going to brother.
4. Minor going to married or independent sister.
5. Parent going to son or daughter.
NOTE D
Cost of Passage and Baggage Allowance
There are no assisted passages except, in some provinces, loans by Government to domestic servants. The steamship fares are: Second class, from £8 to £12; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, £1. Third class, £5 to £10; children from one year to twelve years, half fare; infants under twelve months, 10s. The fare by rail charged to newcomers is one penny a mile.
Colonists are allowed free on ocean steamers twenty cubic feet of baggage for second cabin, and ten cubic feet third-class. On railways in Canada and the States one hundred and fifty pounds for each adult, and seventy-five pounds for each child’s half-fare ticket are carried free, but this applies only to personal effects. No single piece of baggage of over two hundred and fifty pounds will be carried on passenger trains, but must be sent by goods train. This must be done also, at additional charge, in the case of all goods not wearing apparel or personal effects.
If free baggage allowance as above is exceeded, the extra charge on steamship will be 9d. per cubic foot, second cabin; and 6d. per cubic foot, third-class. On the railways the extra charge will be 12 per cent. of the colonist fare for each one hundred pounds or part thereof.
Salvation Army Tickets Covering Cost of Bed and Food on Rail at Inclusive Rates
To Vancouver, for British Columbia, £17 15s.; to Calgary, £15; to Medicine Hat, £14 10s.; to Regina, £13 10s.; to Winnipeg, for Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, £12 5s.; to Toronto, for Ontario (10s. less from Southampton), £9 5s. The figures quoted cover third-class accommodation on the ocean and colonist railway car in Canada. Passengers travelling second-class on the ship can add the extra.
For particulars apply to Commissioner D. C. Lamb, 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.; or any of the following branch offices: 170A, London Road, Liverpool; 5, Denmark Street, Bristol; 74, Cobourg Street, Plymouth; 203, Hope Street, Glasgow; and 222, Albert Bridge Road, Belfast.
The Army also has a fully-equipped department for dealing with first and second-class business. Address: 122, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.
NOTE E.
“Settlers’ Effects Duty Free.”
The following is an extract from the Customs tariff of Canada, specifying the articles which can be entered by settlers free of duty:
Item 455. Settlers’ Effects, viz.:—Wearing apparel, books, usual and reasonable household furniture and other household effects; instruments and tools of trade, occupation or employment, guns, musical instruments, domestic sewing machines, typewriters, bicycles, carts, waggons and other highway vehicles, agricultural implements, and live stock for the farm, not to include live stock or articles for sale, or for use as a contractor’s outfit, nor vehicles nor implements moved by mechanical power, nor machinery for use in any manufacturing establishment; all the foregoing if actually owned abroad by the settler for at least six months before his removal to Canada and subject to regulations by the Minister of Customs: Provided that any dutiable articles entered as settlers’ effects may not be so entered unless brought by the settler on his first arrival, and shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of without payment of duty until after twelve months’ actual use in Canada.
The settler will be required to fill up a form (which will be supplied to him by the Customs officer on application) giving description, value, etc., of the goods and articles he wishes to be allowed to bring in free of duty.
NOTE F.
Young Women’s Christian Associations Directory, etc
Directory of the Young Women’s Christian Associations of Canada
Ontario:
Quebec:
Nova Scotia:
Manitoba:
Saskatchewan:
Alberta:
British Columbia:
A Secretary will meet all steamers at Quebec, and will be glad to render assistance to those arriving.
In many of the large city depôts there is a Traveller’s Aid Secretary, whom it is wise to consult if desirous of any information.
Young women coming as strangers are urged not to seek advice from any but uniformed officers, deaconesses and Traveller’s Aid Secretaries.
The Young Women’s Christian Association is a recognised centre where any young woman may go for advice.
Salvation Army Hostels for Women-Immigrants.—Cathcart Lodge, 24, Cathcart Street, Montreal; Rosedale Lodge, 916, Yonge Street, Toronto; Balmoral Lodge, Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg; and Pleasant Lodge, 75, Seventh Avenue East, Vancouver.
Women Domestics
The Salvation Army Emigration Department undertakes:
1. To advance, if necessary, by way of loan, part of the passage money to approved domestic servants.
2. To give free and disinterested advice as to the best locality in which to settle and the best time to go.
3. To safely take parties of girls to Canada under the care of experienced conductors.
4. To have parties of girls met by our own officers on arrival in Canada, conducted through the Customs and to the trains, and thence to their destinations.
5. To guarantee employment before leaving England to all domestic servants emigrating to Canada under our auspices.
6. To accommodate girls in one of our four Hostels in Canada, should it be necessary to wait a day or two before going to their situations.
British Welcome League (for Men, Women and Children), 4 Spadina Avenue, Toronto.
Young Men’s Christian Association (Dominion Headquarters),15, Toronto Street, Toronto.
Imperial Home Reunion Association
Winnipeg Offices: The Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, Main and Water Streets (’Phone M 1,000). (Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum charged on all loans.) Branches at Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Hamilton, Brandon, Ottawa, Regina, Red Deer, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, St. John, Medicine Hat, Halifax, Nelson, Gait, Weyburn, Dauphin, Victoria, Fort William, Lethbridge, London, Peterborough.
NOTE G.
British Equivalent of Canadian Money
