Keep open the interactive map
“Regional spread of newspapers 1752-1900.”
Click on
the "Related Materials" drop-down menu and select
Graphs - “Number of Newspapers.”
Notice ...
In the 19th century practically all Canadian newspapers were published once a week.
Between the 1850s and the 1890s the number of newspapers published in Canada
tripled in all regions except Newfoundland and New Brunswick.
These graphs offer no clues regarding newspaper circulation.
Consider!
Instantaneous awareness of events worldwide, which is the news reporting
capability of the 21st century, was completely beyond the comprehension
(and perhaps concern) of newspaper readers in 19th-century Canada.
