THE WAR AND POST-WAR PERIOD
industrial activity in the United States affected immigration from
Canada more quickly than from Europe.
In Chart 26, the fluctuations of immigration into the United
TABLE 34.—EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS IN CANADA AND IMMIGRATION THEREFROM TO
THE UNITED STATES: 1919-1923
Deviations from monthly average, 1919-1923, corrected for seasonal variations, and
expressed in multiples of their standard deviations.
IMMIGRA- EmrLoY- IMMIGRA- EmpLoY-
Ya8 4p TION FROM MENT IN LEV iy TION FROM MENT IN
bo CANADA» CANADAD 9 CANADA CANADA
1919 1921
Jam....... —0.45 +1.02 | July.... —0.91 —1.92
Feb....... —0.28 +0.71 Aug... ... —0.96 —2.15
Mar....... —0.39 +0.71 | Sept.. ... —0.97 —2.19
Apr... .... —0.43 +0.70 | Oect...... —1.01 —1.06
May...... —0.65 +0.82 Nov. ..... —1.03 —0.78
June... ... —0.46 +0.87 Dee..... —1.00 —1.07
11922
July...... 0 40.75 | Jan..... —0.97 —0.81
Meu —0.03 +0.75 Feb... .. —0.97 —0.33
Sept....... +0.04 +0.90 Mar..... —0.93 —0.23
Oct... ... —0.02 +0.97 Apr...i. —0.85 —0.68
Nov....... —0.04 +0.92 May.... —0.83 —0.45
Dee....... 0 +0.93 June. . .. —0.82 —0.04
1920
Jan... .... —0.21 +1.00 July. ... —0.72 +0.08
Feb... ... —0.14 +0.96 Aug... —0.67 +0.12
Msr....... +0.01 +1.09 Sept, . ... —0.54 +0.43
Aor —0.10 +1.14 Oet.. .... —0.13 +0.26
May...... —0.05 +1.13 Nowv..... —0.04 +0.32
June. ..... —0.16 +1.01 Dec..... +0.29 +0.54
1923
July. ..... —0.25 +0.79 Jan. .... +0.54 +0.31
ne... —0.18 +0.67 Feb..... +0.52 40.49
Sept....... —0.22 +0.22 Mar... ... +0.63 +0.34
et. i... ... —{). 11 —0.56 Apr...... +1.27 +0.66
Nav....... —0.15 —0.60 May.... +1.86 +0.60
Pee....... —0.25 —0.69 June. . .. +2.13 +0.59
1921
Jat... —0.18 —0.65 | July.... « 42.09 +0.56
Feb....... —0.48 —1.40 Avg..... | +2.09 +0.75
Mar....... —0.60 | —1.63 Sept.. ... +1.89 +0.80
Apri, —0.72 —2.04 Oet, .... +1.88 —0.08
May... —0.75 —2.15 Nov..... +3.07 +0.32
June..... —0.86 —2.67 Dee..... +3.16 +0.39
o oe aad rom Routily statistics prepared by the U. S. Bureau of Immigration and published in the
Obtained by reversing the signs of an index of unemployment, computed from percentages of unem-
ployment in trade unions, published in the Canada Year Book for 1921, 1922, and 1923, and the Canada
Labor Gasette for February and November, 1924,
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