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How many people settled in Manitoba and the western territories during Wilfrid Laurier’s government?
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During the 15-year tenure of Wilfrid Laurier’s government (1896–1911), more than one million people settled in Manitoba and the western territories, which included the regions that became the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905.1