CHAPTER II CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE PROVINCES. Tug Dominion of Canada as now constituted comprises seven organized Provinces, one organized District, and a vast extent of territory, sparsely inhabited, known as the North West Territories. A The area and population of Canada is as follows: Hon. Ontario .............. AEE AUEDEC ievverininiinriiiiiriinrieaenies Novo-Bootln: uremervperpepporinmasns New Brunswick ......ccoeveniiiiinnns MAnItoba .ivevereenrenriiiniranrariiine. British Columbia. ccccenveiarninnaes Prince Edward’s Island ........c.oeeee Keewatin North-West Territory and Islands Ares, square niles. 101,733 188,688 20,909 27,174 123,200 341,305 2,133 3,000,352 3.805.494 Population. 1,923,228 1,359,027 440,587 321,129 65,954 49,459 108,928 56,446 4.324.758 Union of Originally the Dominion was composed of the Provinces the Pro- . . veces. of Ontario and Quebec (previously known as Upper and Lower Canada respectively), Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick. By an Imperial Order in Council’ dated the 23rd June 1870 the North West Territories were ceded to the Dominion as from the 15th July 1870, and a Canadian Act (33 Vic. c. 3) formed out of these territories the new Pro- vince of Manitoba. British Columbia was admitted into the Dominion as from the 20th July 1871 by an Order in Jee Appendix,