Reprint of the ed. published in London in 1822 by Simpkin & Marshall.

Original ed. has subtitle: Compiled with a view to a grand system of emigration.

Includes facsimile of original t.-p.

A third volume was projected by the author but apparently never published. cf. "Explanation of the map," v. 1, p. [i]; v. 2, p. xv.

An introductory volume was published by Gourlay the same year under title: General introduction to statistical account of Upper Canada.

The "Sketches of Upper Canada" in v. 1 are said to have been written in whole or in part, by Barnabas Bidwell. cf. Edwin M. Bidwell, Genealogy...of the Bidwell family, 1884, p. 87; Gagnon, Essai de bibl. canad., 1895, no.1535.

Republished under the auspices of: Social Science Research Council of Canada. Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris. Humanities Research Council of Canada. Toronto Public Library.