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Maptour: The Printed Word 1752 – 1900
Questioning the Press


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Map: Newspapers, 1891

Try This:

  • Keep open the map "Newspapers, 1891"
  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox for "Newspapers by circulation."

Notice ...

  • The square symbols change to vertical bars, scaled according to circulation per issue. As one might expect, the highest circulation papers are in urban areas.

Try This:

  • Click on the "Legend Info" button at the top of the Legend area. In the pop-up box, scroll down to “Legend Description” for more details about the symbols.
  • Close the Legend Info pop-up box to return to the map.
  • On the DATA SELECT toolbar, click on the Query button to open the Query box.
  • For this exercise, accept the default entries “Conservative” and “Daily” and Submit Query.

Notice ...

  • A table box opens, listing 25 Conservative daily newspapers published in Canada in 1891. (Click on “More Records” to get the full list of 37.)
  • Highlighted dots on the map identify the locations of the selected newspapers.
  • Québec has far fewer Conservative newspapers, and smaller circulation, than does Ontario, in 1891.

Consider!

  • Extensive detail is available about Canadian newspapers in 1891.
  • Québec and Ontario politics are quite polarized, if newspapers are the measure.