Maptour Page 6
Maptour: Population Composition, 1891-1961
Contrasts in the Maritimes


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Map: Ethnic origin, 1961

Try This:

  • Keep open the interactive map "Ethnic Origin, 1961."
  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox and the layer for "Province/city circles and pie graphs." Keep "1961 largest group" on as background.
  • Click on the "Zoom to" drop-down menu and select "The Maritimes."
  • On the DATA SELECT toolbar, click on the Table tool and drag a rectangle that encloses the pie charts for New Brunswick and Saint John.

Notice ...

  • New Brunswick and Saint John are selected and highlighted on the map, and a table opens, giving numbers of people by ethnic group for the city and for the rest of the province.
  • The French-British mix in Saint John is not representative of the province as a whole.

Try This:

  • Close the table box, and on the DATA SELECT toolbar click on CLEAR, unselecting New Brunswick and Saint John and removing the highlighted outline.

Notice ...

  • Looking at the pie charts, the ethnic mix in Halifax is very similar to the overall pattern for Nova Scotia.

Consider!

  • New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province.