The Senator, The Merchant, Two Carpenters, and a Widow: A Survey of Canadian Landlords in 1871

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Author/collaborator
Title
The Senator, The Merchant, Two Carpenters, and a Widow: A Survey of Canadian Landlords in 1871
Abstract
With data sampled from the 1871 manuscript census, the author compares landlords and housing tenure in twenty urban centres of various sizes, including Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke, to reveal variations in housing markets, in the concentration of the ownership of rental accommodation, and in the relative attraction of housing investments for different people. The author notes that English-speaking Quebecers rivaled French-Canadians for prominence as landlords in Montreal, while in Quebec City they dominated.
Publication
Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine
Volume
Vol. 25
Issue
no. 2
Pages
5-18
Date
March 1997
Language
en
URL
Citation
Burley, David G. “The Senator, The Merchant, Two Carpenters, and a Widow: A Survey of Canadian Landlords in 1871.” Urban History Review / Revue d’histoire urbaine Vol. 25, no. 2 (March 1997): 5–18. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/uhr/1997-v25-n2-uhr0615/1016067ar.pdf.
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