A big reason why we want the 1911 Census, and particularly for Western Canada: In 1901 Alberta had a population of 73,022. In 1911 Alberta had 374,663; an increase of 413 percent. In 1901 BC had 178,657. In 1911 BC had 392,480; an increase of 120 percent. In 1901 Saskatchewan had 91,279 In 1911 Saskatchewan had 492,432; an increase of 439 percent. In 1901 Manitoba had 255,211. In 1911 Manitoba had 455,614; an increase of 78 percent. Although it is true that the names and boundaries of the prairie districts were changed, particularly for Alberta and Saskatchewan, the greatest influx of people was to the same areas. A total of the populations of all four provinces still shows a fantastic increase in those ten years. In the same ten year period, New Brunswick increased 6.27 %; Nova Scotia 7.13 %; Ontario 15.58 %; PEI minus 9.23 %; Quebec 21.46 %.