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Canada in 1928 Census: Phones and Wealth Amid Rail Growth
Statistics reveal 1,269,987 telephones in Canada with a phone for every eight people and average citizen making 22 calls in 1928. Canada’s national wealth is $26.69 billion, about $2,700 per person, with agriculture leading regional wealth. Canadian Pacific Railway funds colonization work, and major railway figures join its board. A Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park shipment plans buffalo and other species to Banff. A demolished Montreal building is rebuilt on a new site with minimal material loss. Demonstrations of grasses forage crops and seed education tour Manitoba with seed cars and a poultry car accompanying lecturers.
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Canada
Mars
Pumbera
Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Banff
Alberta
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Agricultural College