1901 Ethnic Origins Map of Western Canada
Settlement across the Prairies was still raw in 1901, and this plate records who had arrived and exactly where they put down roots. Drawn as two maps on a single sheet — one covering British Columbia and Alberta, the other covering Manitoba and Saskatchewan — the ethnic groups charted vary by district, but English, Scotch (Scottish), Irish, French, and German are always among them. People of British origin predominate in every province except Quebec, where the French predominate, while Germans, principally descendants of United Empire Loyalists, hold portions of Alberta, a reflection of heavy immigration from Great Britain and Europe.
Communities above 5,000 people appear as proportional dots, major railway systems thread between them, and the rectangular survey system shows which land was open to the public.
Sourced from the Atlas of Canada 1st Edition (1906) by Natural Resources Canada, this is a working reference for:
- Genealogists tracing homestead-era ancestors
- Prairie local history societies
- University and museum collections
- Canadian history teachers who need students to see immigration patterns rather than read about them
Map Shop prints it on paper or finishes it laminated, mounted to foam core, railed, or framed in black or walnut molding for a study or office wall.

