32 SUMMARY OF DATA ON ORIGIN AND BIRTHPLACE }
OCCUPATIONS
(1) While 87-5 p.c. of the Canadian born males over 15 years of age were engaged
in gainful occupations in 1921, 92-3 p.c. of the British born males and 93-3 p.c. of the
foreign. born were gainfully employed. Of the females, 18'2 p.c. of the Canadian born
over 15 years of age were gainfully employed and 19-5 p.c. of the British born, but only
12-4 p.c. of the foreign born.
(2) A summary table showing the proportion of males of different nativity engaged in
the more important industries appears below: —
Qccupation
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All Classes
B.C.
50 1F
15:¢
6:F
Gee
11.1%
‘British
Canada | Isles
D.r. p.c.
23-91
20-41
9-83
10.98
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1,28
40-91
14-52
6-57
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Birthplace
British
Poss’ns.
LAL
33-3(
10-87
55
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Europe Asia
2.0. p.c.
43-41 10-40
14-47 18-20
Det 0-48
’ 3-76
9-62
41-98
! Services include custom and repair, domestic and personal and professional services. These figures are presented
graphically in Chart 15.
Speaking relatively, immigrants from the British Possessions and British Isles avoid
agriculture and engage in manufacturing, mining, transportation and construction to a much
greater extent than do the Canadian born. The United States immigrants show the largest
proportion of all classes in agriculture. The proportion of the European born engaged in
agriculture was approximately the same as that for all Canadian born, and their distri
bution among the other industries does not radically differ from that of the Canadian
born. That, of course, does not apply to the immigrants from the individual European
countries. Only one-tenth of the Asiatics were in agricultural industries, but 40-21 p.c. were
in domestic and: personal service—as large a proportion as is found in agriculture among the
Canadian born males. Most of the other Asiatics are found in logging, fishing, trapping and
especially in the wood and paper manufacturing industries.
(3) Over 50-0 pc. of all gainfully occupied women of Canadian birth appear in the
service group, half being in domestic and personal service and half in professional occupa-~
tions. The women from the British Possessions showed the largest percentage in domestic
and personal service (43-50 p.c.), and those from Asia (41-83 p.c.), the British Isles
(36:26 p.c.) and Europe (35:58 p.c.) follow in the order named. The United States born
females showed 30-37 p.c. in domestic and personal service as against 24-60 p.c. for the
Canadian born. In the professional services, the Canadian born women lead, the United
States born stand second, those of the other nativity groups engaging in such occupations
to about half the extent.
Manufacturing is the second important occupation for females of all nativity groups;
trade comes third. Speaking generally, the bulk of gainfully employed immigrant women
are in the service group, especially domestic and personal; considerable proportions are
in manufacture, notably the textile industries; and of the balance. the largest percentage
are encaced in trade.