| Show TASKS OF enumerators cabadi was not an easa the census of thine to take according to the census bulletin presented to the dominion parliament there good deal of hard work about was a the the canadian census says chicago herald the work of taking has difficulties peculiar the census of canada to the country which apart from cause delay in obtaining the system adopted the returns from enumerators lu densely populated countries under the de facto s the distribution and collection of the schedules is accomplished complis hed in a few days in england enumerators obtain the householders schedules in a day or two each having ts collect an average of schedules the vast population ol 01 british india people was taken by nearly enumerators in twenty five days in canada the staff of enumerators had to numbers persons these traverse the immense area of canada imaginable method of locomotion by every A steamer with enumerators on board traversed the deep indents of the pacific coast line as far as alaska thence to queen charlotte islands to enumerate the people pack horses were required in the mountain region of the same province to carry tha enumerators mera tors and their portfolios through the valleys which run along tho hills of the rookies dog trains were a necessity in saskatchewan to obtain the population oa the northern slopes of the height of land in ontario ana quebec a canoe expedition started from the headwaters of the lierde river to go by lake and river and portages por to albany river at james bay outfits and canoes were need ed to enable the enumerators to take the population in the district just beyond the height of land the enumerators in manatowa Mana toba had now to foot it now to go by buckboard and now by boat and in one instance the man losing himself had to save his own life by slaying and eating his horse many townships in algona had to be taken by slow and toilsome trian ism for the north shore of the gulf of st lawrence a schooner had to be chartered the enumerators put on board and dropped at different points until the straits of belle isle were reached from which point the schooner was directed to the isle of antiposti Anti costi the census of which having been taken the schooner returned to the straits and sailed albig the coast picking up the s and returning to the month of anc river |
