BIRTHPLACES OF THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCES 91 
Chart 27 shows in addition the proportions of foreign born in the population of the 
respective provinces in 1921. They rank in the following order: — 
Province 
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Saskatchewan............c.o0n 0. — . 
British Columbia......covoviiiiis cinnnnn 
Wonliobi. cou; 0 amine spss sovesmes 1 
OHATIO. coins sinm s0 500s SEER SEARS EAR 
QUEBEC... iii 
New Brunswick.................. 
Nova Scotia... c.ooeveiiinnnnen 
Prince Edward Island............. ...... 
As in the case of the proportions Canadian born and of those born in the British Isles, 
there are wide fluctuations in the percentages foreign born in the different provinces. The 
four western provinces are in a class quite by themselves. While Ontario ranked with these 
provinces in the percentage of her population born in the British Isles, she ranks with 
Quebec and the Maritime provinces in the proportion foreign born in her population. From 
Manitoba east there is a very marked change in the proportion of foreign immigrants in 
the population. The percentage of the lowest of the western provinces is three times as 
large as the percentage in Ontario, the highest of the eastern provinces, and the difference 
becomes greater as we approach the extremes in each case, Such a marked difference 
between east and west in the proportion of foreign born in the population cannot but result 
in radical differences in: their attitude towards the problems of government, education and 
business. 
Another interesting fact is presented in Table 46 when comparing the proportions of 
foreign born at the two census dates. In Ontario and eastward there was a higher percentage 
foreign born in 1921 than in 1911, while in Manitoba and westward there was a lower per- 
centage in 1921 than in 1911. Probably the immigration of United States born to the 
cities in the East in recent years and the comparative cessation of immigration of other 
foreign born to the western provinces during and subsequent to the war, together with the 
dying off of the older immigrants, have an important bearing on these differences. 
The proportions of North Western European immigrants in the population of the 
various provinces appear below. 
Percentage 
foreign born 
ve. 29-58 
. 26-31 
19-02 
17-91 
6-21 
4-18 
7 
2.77 
+148 
Province 
Percentage 
bora ia 
North Western 
Europe 
4.53 
1-33 
246 
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73 
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British Columbia.................... 
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NovaScotia.......ooouivuiiiinrannnnnn: 
New Brunswiek................... 
Prince Edward Island... » 
The range of fluctuations is significant in this case also. There is a distinct drop in the 
proportion of Northern European born, as in the case of all foreign born, as we pass from 
Manitoba to Ontario and eastward. It is interesting to find that Alberta had a higher 
proportion of North Western European immigrants in her population than any other 
province in the Dominion. The proportion of North Western Euopean birth in 1921 was 
lower than in 1911 in all provinces except Prince Edward Island, where the actual numbers 
were negligible. The prineipal explanation is arrested immigration. 
The relative density of the South, Eastern and Central European born in the various 
vrovinces was as follows — 
Province 
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Saskatchewan............... I EE a oo mee 
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BTIO sss 0.00 dr womornibodis SAETNET U3 SHURE £3 SEES Roads SHTLHES £0 LUSReds © SERS i SURES 1) 
BODE 0 40 Erne vr worms 0 SIRES SEB 18 SEARLE nim ionk S08 GURNEE SEWETVSE 4 KENAEAS SETHE 3 
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New Brunswick,............ 
Prince Bdward Island 
Percentage South, Eastern and 
Central European born 
1-57 
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