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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.