CENSUS Newfoundland and Labrador 1901. TABLE I. P0PULHTI0N, SEX, e©NDITI0N, DENOMINATIONS, PROFESSIONS, &c. ST. JOHN'S, N. F. J. W. WITHERS, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 1903. ' INDEX. Page Electoral District op St. John's East 2 ' St. John's West 8 " Harbor Main 14 " Port-de-Grave 20 " Harbor Grace 38 " Oarbonear 44 " Bay-de- Verde 50 " Trinity 02 " Bonavista 110 " Fogo 140 " twillingate 152 " St. Barbe 104 St. George 242 " Burgeo and La Poile 272 Fortune Bay 296 " Burin 326 " Placentia and St. Mary's 350 " Ferryland 386 Recapitulation 394 Labrador—Population, Sex, Condition, Denominations, Etc 404 General Recapitulation 43 General Recapitulation—Ages and Sexes 444 Population according to Denomination 448 Comparative Table op Denominations 454 Approximate Population op St. John's 457 — REPORT On the Census of Newfoundland, 1901. To His Excellency Sir CAVENDISH BOYLE, ~K C. M. G., Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over the Island of Newfound- land and its Dependencies. May it Please Your Excellency ; I have the honour to submit the following Eeport upon the Census of 1901. It is provided in Cap. 27, Consolidated Statutes (2nd Series), that " the general census and returns shall be taken and made between the months of June and December in the year 1901." As in this Colony the Educational and Eoad Grants are allocated to each section according to its population, it is obvious that the enumeration must not only be of the people as a whole, but also of the residents in each settlement A large number of these people can only be found at their homes during the winter season —a time when it is impossible to take the census, owing to the difficulties of communication and travel. The sum- mer finds them at Labrador, or engaged in the fisheries off the coast of this Island, but the enumerator must count them as resident in the settlement where is their place of abode. Special provision had to be made in order to avoid duplication of entry, and in most cases the sheets were retained till December, when the majority of these people had re- turned home, and the sheets could thus be checked. The census, there- fore, may be regarded as including all persons resident in Newfoundland and Labrador in the month of December, 1901. — CENSUS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1001. VI REPORT OX THE I.—TOTAL POPULATION. sheets of 1901, the popu- Taking the figures as shown by the census lation stands thus : Newfoundland 21 T 1 .... ^0,947 LabradorT 4 Total Jg0,98 connection :— The following table may be of interest in this Table A. Population of Population of Total. Census of Newfoundland. Labrador. 124,288 1857 122,638 1,650 1869 144,386 2,150 146,536 1874 158,958 2.416 161,374 1884 193,124 4,211 197,335 1891 197,934 4,106 202,040 1901 217,037 3,947 220,984 TaBLE B. The average per centage of increase per annum for the various periods dating from 1857 : A\ erage per centage of Increase Average per centage of Increase Period from per annum. on a ten years' basis. 1857-1869 1.49 14.90 1869-1874 2.02 20.20 1874-1884 2.23 22.30 1884-1891 .34 3.40 1891-1901 .93 9.37 — REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1901. It is impossible to account satisfactorily for the low average rate of increase for the seven years from 1884 to 1891. There are no figures showing the births and deaths for that period, nor are there any returns of emigration. From i he records of vital statistics, commenced in 1891, it is found that from the period, 1st August, 1891, to 30th September, 1901, there were 66,9.'>4 births and 35,505 deaths in the Colony. The excess of 31,449 would be the natural growth of the population, which, by these figures, should now total 233,489, being an increase of 15.5 per cent, for the ten years. Hut the population numbers only 220,984, and as the immigration is piactically nil, the shortage of 12,505 must be put down as the number who have emigrated during the past ten years. To recapitulate : The population in 1901 was 202,040 Add, natural growth for ten years, say 15.5 per cent 31,440 Less, loss through emigration, say 6.2 per cent 12,505 Balance added to population, say 9.37 per- cent 18,944 18,944 220,984 — 1901. yI REPORT ON THE CENSUS OP NEWFOUNDLAND, I.—TOTAL POPULATION. the popu- Taking the figures as shown by the census sheets of 1.901, lation stands thus : Newfoundland 217,037 3 947 Labrador ' Total 220,984 The following table may be of interest in this connection :— Table A. Population of Population of Total. Census of Newfoundland. Labrador. 1857 122,638 1,650 124.28S 1869 144,386 2,150 146,536 1874 158,958 2.416 161,374 1884 193,124 4,211 197,335 1891 197,934 4,106 202,040 1901 217,037 3,947 220,984 Table B. The average per centage of increase per annum for the various periods dating from 1857 : Period from Ai erage per eentagc of Increase Average per centage of Increase per annum. on a ten years' basis. 1857-1869 1.49 14.90 1869-1874 2.02 20.20 1874-1884 2.23 22.30 1884-1891 .34 3.40 1891-1901 .93 9.37 — REPORT OX THE CENMUS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1901. It is impossible to account satisfactorily for the low average rate of 1 crease for the seven years from 1884 to 1891. There are no figures lowing the births and deaths for that period, nor are there any returns f eniiimitinn. From I lie records of vital statistics, commenced in 1891, it is found that from the period, 1st August, 1891, to 30th September, 1901, there were 66,9."i4 births and 35,505 deaths in the Colony. The excess of 31,449 would be the natural growth of the population, which, by these figures, should now total 233,489, being an increase of 15.5 per cent, for the ten years. Hut the population numbers only 220,984, and as the immigration is practically nil, the shortage of 12,505 must be put down as the number who have emigrated during the past ten years. To recapitulate : The population in 1901 was 202,040 Add, natural growth for ten years, say 15.5 per cent 31,419 Less, loss through emigration, say 6.2 per cent 12,505 Balance added to population, say 9.37 per cent 18,944 18,944 220,984 .. REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, l90l. II._POPULATION BY DISTRICTS. Table 0. various Districts by table gives the population of the The following :— for each District for former years the 1901 census, and also the figures 1891. 1901. Districts. 1857. 1874. 1884. r 14,058 16,780 19,453 Twillingate ". 1 9,717 15,135 6,264 6,700 ; 7,570 Fogo [ 20,557 8,850 13,008 16,486 17,849 Bonavista j 19,005 18,872 20,695 Trinity 10,736 15,677 0,827 Bay-de-Verde 6,221 7,434 8,403 9,708 5,765 5,024 Oarbonear 5,233 5,488 6,206 12,671 Harbor Grace 10,067 13,055 14,727 13,881 7,445 Port-de-Grave 6,489 7,919 8,698 7,986 Harbor Main 5,386 7,174 8,935 9.189 9,500 12,763 15,962 15,251 18,4S3 St. John's West 13,124 22,183 20,776 21,512 St. John's East 17,352 17,811 Ferryland 5,228 6,419 6,472 5,853 5,697 12,801 15,194 Plaeentia and St. Mary's . 8,334 9,857 11,789 Burin 5,529 7,678 8,502 9,059 10,402 Fortune Bay 3,493 5,788 6,917 7,671 8,762 Burgeo and La Poile 3,545 5,098 6,544 6,471 7,011 9,100 St. George (• 5,473 6,632 '\ 3,334 8,654 St. Bar-be 1 6,500 6,690 8,134 Total for Newfoundland . 122,638 158,958 193,124 197,934 217,037 Labrador 1,650 2,416 4,211 4,106 3,947 Grand Total 124,288 101.374 197,335 202,040 220,984 From the above table it will be seen that the population of the Dis- tricts of Carbonear, Harbor Grace, Port-de-Grave, and Ferryland, has declined steadily since 1884, as has also the population of Labrador. HEPORT OX THE CENSUS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1901. IX In the table which follows will be found the actual numbers of the increase or decrease in each District as shown by the census of 1901, and the per centage of such increase or decrease, computed upon the population of the census of 1891. Also, compiled from the returns of the Eegistrar of Vital Statistics) the percentage of the natural growth for each District, based on the returns of births and deaths. Table D. Actual Figures from Compiled from Vital 1901 Census. Statistics. o t-t U m A O O §1 ^ O1«K © s 3 a Districts. 4-3 § 0.0 6 .Is bo R,n.S ft 3 © o IfJ rr> H cS £ s § B J? 25 CD c3 o s s I 1* 8 SJ.O S2<3 O Eh Cm C5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Twillingate 2,673 15.9 21.5 5.6 Fogo 870 12.9 17.2 4.3 Bonavista 2,708 15.1 75.5 .6 Trinity 3 9.7 16.4 6.7 Bay-de-Verde 119 1.2 9.7 8.5 741 —12.8 9.4 22.2 1,210 —8.7 10.9 19.6 541 —6.8 9.8 16.6 Harbor Main 311 3.4 14.3 10.9 11.0 9.6 1.4 St.