Prince Edward Island Sociology

. fiRINCE EDWARD ISLAND is the smallest Population _ member of the Canadian Family, but it is more thickly settled than any 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 Catholics number 45,796, the Presbyterians 30,750, the Methodists 13,402 Anglicans 5,976 and the Baptists 5,905. Churches prettily situated, are very numerous, and the Roman Catholic Body possesses brick edifices on command— ing sites, at Tignish, Fort Augustus, Vernon River, St. Peter’s Bay, Souris and elsewhere. By the latest available census returns there were 266 churches, of which 85 were Presbyterian, 68 were Methodist, 43 Roman Catholic, 42 Baptist, 21 Anglican and 7 Miscellaneous. The number of clergymen was 122. The inhabitants are engaged prin- cipally in agriculture; but some attention is devoted to the fisheries and to the breeding of stock. As will be seen from the above, the population is of mixed origin, a considerable proportion being emigrants from Great Britain

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