Date Published:
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Ethnic origin of Immigrants Admitted to Canada
[1896-1961]
Ethnic Origin |
1896-1906 |
1906-1915 |
1916-1925 |
1926-1935 |
1936-1945 |
1946-1955 |
1955-1961 |
British (all) |
327,119 |
926,003 |
402,348 |
273,695 |
45,793 |
367,705 |
244,278 |
Chinese |
27 |
32,295 |
11,622 |
7 |
1 |
14,104 |
11,162 |
French |
6,653 |
18,811 |
4,713 |
3,699 |
1,681 |
24,152 |
16,823 |
German |
11,459 |
27,755 |
10,891 |
64,512 |
2,753 |
159,207 |
98,234 |
Jewish |
24,415 |
52,494 |
31,284 |
21,856 |
3,656 |
37,474 |
15,975 |
Italian |
27,786 |
92,349 |
20,672 |
11,828 |
1,439 |
135,156 |
150,573 |
Japanese |
2,282 |
14,514 |
6,107 |
2,479 |
397 |
251 |
952 |
Black |
47 |
1,246 |
575 |
604 |
161 |
1,406 |
4,941 |
Dutch |
1,122 |
8,758 |
5,002 |
7,855 |
912 |
114,777 |
40,773 |
Polish |
42,358 |
67,262 |
18,213 |
35,187 |
2,288 |
61,568 |
17,842 |
Russian |
16,046 |
81,770 |
10,976 |
5,153 |
560 |
7,709 |
1,212 |
Ukrainian |
269 |
59,861 |
3,671 |
57,719 |
5,663 |
34,335 |
2,106 |
American |
259,332 |
730,328 |
313,499 |
180,945 |
56,043 |
90,752 |
65,732 |
East Indian |
432 |
5,145 |
178 |
515 |
62 |
1,139 |
3,238 |
All Origins |
836,597 |
2,278,396 |
915,943 |
817,706 |
133,238 |
1,222,319 |
854,600 |
Source: constructed from data provided in Immigration Statistics Year 1896 to 1961, Statistics Section, Department of Citizenship and Immigration, 1961.
© 2007 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College
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