Northern Ontario in Historical Statistics, 1871–2021 : Expansion, Growth, and Decline in a Hinterland-Colonial Region / David Leadbeater; ed. by Pierre Anctil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leadbeater, David, Author.

Contributor:

Anctil, Pierre, Editor.

Faiella, Charlene, Contributor.

Marcuccio, Pat, Contributor.

Mrozewski, Tomasz, Contributor.

Richer, Caitlin, Contributor.

Series:

Canadian studies (Ottawa, Ontario)

Canadian Studies ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Settler colonialism--Ontario, Northern.

Settler colonialism.

Ontario, Northern--Statistics.

Ontario, Northern.

Ontario, Northern--Population--Statistics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

Digital ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Although deeply experienced by Indigenous peoples, the settler-colonial structure of Northern Ontario’s development plays little explicit analytical role in official government discussions and policy. This "moose in the room”—hinterland-colonial conditions—deserves much greater attention. This study provides original tables on Indigenous relative to settler populations, treaty and reserve areas, and provincially controlled “unorganized territories.” It examines colonial biases in the census data as a contribution towards decolonizing changes in official statistics. More broadly, it offers an overview of major long-term population, employment, and urban concentration trends since 1871 in the region now called “Northern Ontario” (or “Nord de l’Ontario”). Based on original historical tables, the study discusses patterns of change at not only Northern Ontario regional level relative to Southern Ontario but also at the district and community levels. Further, the study examines employment-population ratios, unemployment, and economic dependency, particularly for recent decades of decline since the 1970s, and it questions narrowly demographic explanations of population decline. Attention is given to the misuse and variety of dependency ratios in understanding Northern demographic conditions. This research was based at Laurentian University in Sudbury and is a background study in the Northern Democracy Initiative."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Maps

List of Tables

List of Appendix Tables

Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 The Colonial North of Ontario and Official Statistics

CHAPTER 3 General Population Increase and Decline since 1871

CHAPTER 4 Source Populations and Social Composition in the Settlement and Evolution of Northern Ontario

CHAPTER 5 The Evolution of Population and Employment across Districts inNorthern Ontario

CHAPTER 6 Urban Concentration of Population and Employment Conditions

CHAPTER 7 Issues of Disparity, Distribution, and Economic Dependency in Northern Ontario

CHAPTER 8 Conclusion

APPENDIX Supplemental Tables

Table Notes and Data Sources

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2025)

ISBN:

0-7766-4168-9

OCLC:

1422162513

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access