Prince fidward lsland: Sociology

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RINCE EDWARD ISLAND is the smallest member of the Canadian family; but it is more thickly settled than an)" other province, the proportion being 48.6 persons

to the square mile. Its population according to the census of 1901 was 103,259, of which 51,959 were males and 51,300 were females. The urban population was 14,955, and rural 88,304—the proportion being, urban 14.5 per cent. and rural 85.5. Of the total population, 99,006 are Canadian-born, 2,852 were born in the British Islands, 493 in British possessions, and 860 foreign-born. Of the Canadian-born, 96,538 were born in the Island and 2,468 in other parts of Canada.

The Scotch muster about 41,753, the Irish 21,992, the English 24,043, and the French 13,866. The Roman Cath- olics number 45,796, the Presbyterians 30,750, the Methodists 13,402, the Anglicans 5,976, and the Baptists 5,905. Churches prettily situated are numerous, and the Roman Catholic body possesses brick edifices on commanding sites, at Tignish,

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