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Canada. Department of the Interior
A Canadian government department rather than an individual author, it produced books and pamphlets that promoted settlement, land policy, and development in the West and North. Its publications offer a direct glimpse into how the federal government presented Canada’s resources and immigration opportunities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Canada West
by Canada. Department of the Interior
About the author
Created in 1873, the Department of the Interior was a federal department of Canada with responsibilities that included public lands, immigration, natural resources in the territories, and for a time Indian Affairs. Because of that broad mandate, many works credited to this name were official reports, atlases, promotional booklets, and statistical publications rather than personal literary works.
Books issued under this author name were often meant to attract settlers and investors, especially to Western Canada. They typically describe farmland, transportation, climate, and economic prospects, so modern readers can see both the ambitions of the Canadian state and the persuasive style of government publishing at the time.
If you are browsing a title by Canada. Department of the Interior, it is best read as the voice of an institution. The "author" is really a historical department whose publications now serve as valuable primary sources for the study of Canadian expansion, colonization, and public policy.