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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (107) Census divisions, 1951: This plate shows the main divisions used by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the gathering, compiling, and publishing of many of the results of the censuses of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (74) Non-ferrous metals - Western Canada: This plate shows the non-ferrous metal mines, refineries, smelters and reduction works that were in production or coming into production in Western Canada in 1955 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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"The Atlas is bound in a loose-leaf form to enable the removal of individual sheets for special study and to allow for the replacement or addition of sheets that will be produced after the first edition is published ... the Atlas provides a logical story in maps which embraces historical, physical, human, economic and social and political geography. The story begins with the way in which Canada was explored and mapped. It goes on to show the basic aspects of the physical environment, such as relief and climate … "
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (39) Forest regions: This map shows the extent of the forest regions of Canada under natural conditions ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (59) East coast fisheries: This plate shows the general distribution of certain species of fish and also indicates, by means of coloured dots, the areas of greatest catch and the amounts taken, based largely on statistics of landings of fish in 1952.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (34) Profiles of major rivers: This plate shows the profiles of major rivers together with the position of important cultural features connected with them (particularly those relating to hydro-electric power development) as of 1955.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (14) Physiography of Southern Ontario: This plate was compiled by the Geographical Branch from maps published by the Ontario Research Foundation in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (97) Populated places - prairies: This plate shows as many populated places in the prairies as the scale of the map will permit ... according to the 1956 Census of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (3) Mapping the interior, 1630-1870: This plate is designed to show, by means of historical maps, how the knowledge of the interior of Canada grew from earliest times to the period around Confederation ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (93) Education.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (12) Bathy-orography - Northern Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Northern Canada, together with the relief or orography, of the land in this area as it is known in 1957 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (36) Soil survey maps: The portions of the 4 maps appearing on this plate illustrate the kinds of soil maps that are being prepared by the Experimental Farms Service of the Federal Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Provincial Departments of Agriculture and the Departments of Soils at Canadian universities.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (47) Distribution of population, 1951.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (96) Populated places - Great Lakes Area: This plate shows as many populated places in the Great Lakes area as the scale of the map will permit ... according to the 1951 Census of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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"Since the last Atlas of Canada appeared in 1915, the economy of Canada has expanded in all directions. The population of the country has doubled. Newfoundland has joined it as the tenth province, and scientific surveys have revealed to an ever increasing extent the physical nature of its land and water resources. It is, therefore, the purpose o this edition of the Atlas to present, in maps, an outline of the physical background and the economic development of the nation at mid-century and to show how these factors are interwoven to produce the fabric of the life of our people … "
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (60) West coast fisheries: This plate shows the general distribution of certain species of fish and also indicates, by means of coloured dots, the areas of greatest catch and the amounts taken, based largely on statistics of landings of fish for the years between 1951 and 1953.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (28) Snow cover: Snow cover data refer primarily to the presence and total depth of a snow cover on the surface of the earth ... Snow cover data are mainly based on the ten-year period from 1941 to 1950 inclusive.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (67) Fodder crops and intensive crops: This plate illustrates the distribution of areas devoted to particular crops in 1951 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (79) Fabricated metal industries: This plate shows the distribution of manufacturing industries which use smelted or refined metal as their primary raw material ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (80) Textiles, clothing and rubber products.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (10) Bathy-orography - Eastern Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Eastern Canada, together with the relief or orography, of the land in this area as it is known in 1957 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (31) Typical weather situations.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (73) Non-ferrous metals - Eastern Canada: This plate shows the non-ferrous metal mines, refineries, smelters and reduction works that were in production or coming into production in Eastern Canada in 1955 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (100) Quebec City and Montreal: The urban growth maps on this plate and the three which follow it represent the expansion of areas occupied by structures, but the small open areas classified as parks and playgrounds on the land-use maps are also included ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (101) Ottawa and Toronto: The urban growth maps on this plate and the three which follow it represent the expansion of areas occupied by structures, but the small open areas classified as parks and playgrounds on the land-use maps are also included ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (85) Major roads: In Canada, the arterial or major roads are owned and maintained by the provincial governments, while, in general, the feeder roads are the responsibility of the local municipalities within the provinces ... The roads shown on this plate are mainly provincial highways as at the end of 1955 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (57) Rural population: This plate illustrates the distribution of rural population according to the 1951 census of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (108) Federal electoral districts, 1952: This plate shows the main divisions used by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the gathering, compiling, and publishing of many of the results of the censuses of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (22) Temperature ranges: The mean annual maximum temperature is the mean of the highest temperature recorded each year from 1921 to 1950 inclusive ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (63) Pulp and paper mills: This plate shows the location of pulp mills, paper mills and pulp and paper mills and also gives an indication of their annual capacity, in 1951.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (37) Ranges of representative insects, ticks and spiders: This plate shows the ranges of a few of the many thousands of kinds of insects, ticks and spiders that occur in Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (91) Television and radio.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (50) Births, marriages and deaths, etc.: The data for maps on this plate were derived from the 1951 Census of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (52) Aboriginal population: The main map is an attempt to depict the aboriginal ethnic and linguistic situation as it existed when the various natives were first met by Europeans. It is based on a similar one which accompanied Bulletin 65 of the National Museum of Canada - The Indians of Canada by Diamond Jenness, which was first published in 1932 and republished in 1934 and 1955.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (99) Populated places - Northern Canada: This plate shows the permanently populated places in Northern Canada in 1958 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (48) Density of population, 1951.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (87) Air lines: The data for this plate are as of December 1957 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (90) Shipping: Foreign shipping includes vessels which (1) arrive from a foreign port as last port of call or depart for a foreign port as first port of call; (2) load cargo for a foreign port; (3) have other than Canadian or United Kingdom registry, even though they may have arrived at a Canadian port from another Canadian port or departed from a Canadian port for another Canadian port ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (71) Food industries.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (92) Hospitals: This plate shows the location and capacity, in 1951, of hospitals, classified into three categories: General ... Special ... Mental ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (55) Principal religions: The 1951 Census of Canada enumerated the religious denomination of which each person was either a member or to which he adhered or favoured.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (41) Ranges of principal commercial trees: Tree species native to Canada number 171, but many of these are of little or no commercial importance and also, in many cases, have a very restricted range. This plate shows the ranges of the 35 species of economic importance ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Verso of (35) Soil regions.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (32) Weather stations and forecast regions: This plate shows the distribution of various types of weather reporting stations as well as the way in which Canada is divided for the purposes of issuing weather information to the public ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (9) Bathy-orography - Canada: This plate shows the depths, or bathymetry, of the waters in and around Canada, together with the relief, or orography, of the land as it is known in 1957 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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On verso of (103) Vancouver and Victoria.
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (2) Mapping the coasts, 1492-1874: This plate is designed to show, by means of a series of historical maps, how the knowledge of the extent and shape of Canada grew from earliest times to the period around Confederation ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (46) Distribution of population, 1851-1941: The maps of this plate show the distribution of population in what is now Canada for the years 1851, 1871, 1901, 1921 and 1941 ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (95) Populated places - Gulf of St. Lawrence Area: This plate shows as many populated places in the Gulf of St. Lawrence area as the scale of the map will permit ... according to the 1951 Census of Canada ...
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[Canada. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Nicholson, N. L. (Norman Leon), Comtois, Paul]
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Descriptive text on verso of (40) Forest inventory maps: The portions of the four maps appearing on this plate illustrates the kind of forest maps that are being prepared from air photographs ...
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