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Came across yet another example of Canadian generosity in the church at Wighton, with this tablet telling how an Ontarian on a family history holiday paid for the failing tower to be rebuilt, plus the acquisition of some new bells. The bill must have been considerable.

I suppose the reason that all this generosity seems to be Ontarian is mainly arithmetic, with Ontario accounting for more than half of the English speaking population. See http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html.

Interesting to see how they handle the provincial angle there: a lot more important than our statistical regions and a lot more numerous than our countries, particularly if one excludes such anomalies as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which is usual, I think, in British statistical circles. Interesting to see how gross structural features of this sort drive the national statistical products: one size does not fit all - which must considerably complicate the job of the international collators in places like the UN and Eurostat. And probably makes for lots of errors in those natty cross country tabulations which the Economist is fond of.

PS: need to go to Google school. Five minutes failed to reveal to me who this Leeds Richardson is. Is he anything to do with the Leeds Richardson Construction Company? Is he anything to do with any of the various ancient Leeds Richardsons listed?