There are many little facts about peddlars that I can tell you, so this page is going to tell about them.

• Many Canadian peddlars were Syrian/Lebanese. They were mistaken for Jews on many occasions. When they came to Canada, they came in small numbers, carrying almost nothing. They took up less than 1% of PEI's population.
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Context: Peddlars and Catalogues (General Store Alternatives)
Items Sold By Peddlars
List of Peddlars' Licenses
Pack Peddlars
Peddlars' Licenses from 1881
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Peddlars' Licenses from 1881
Pack Peddlars
List of Peddlars' Licenses
Items Sold By Peddlars
Context: Peddlars and Catalogues (General Store Alternatives)

The peddlars were people who went door to door selling their goods. Some travelled by wagon and others went on foot. The peddlars who travelled on foot were called pack peddlars.

There were many different things sold by peddlars. I have organized them into categories.

Kitchen Items

This is a page from the ROYAL GAZETTE. This newspaper was printed in the year 1904 on April 30. It is a special page made to show who had a peddlar's license. How the page is organized is easy to understand. The first thing you see (if you are looking from the right) is when the license expires.

Peddlars like the one shown in this picture are NOT pack peddlars. Pack peddlars traveled on foot. They were commonly seen in the late 1800's and in the early 1900's. They would normally carry two packs of goods with them, the heavier one on the back and the lighter pack in front.