{6 ORIGINS OF THE POPULATION OF CANADA Further, when the stocks are grouped linguistically, the Germanic group ranks first, with the Slavs a close second. The Scandinavians rank third, with less than half the numerical strength of the Slavs, and the Latin and Greek group is the smallest of all. The following table arranges the prineipal stocks in each group in order of numerical strength :— FABLE 11.—NUMERICAL RANK OF PRINCIPAL STOCKS, OTHER THAN BRITISH AND FRENCH, BY SPECIFIED GROUPS, 1921. Origin North Western Europe— GOTIIRR, ; oy pai. 0p SUSE 45 ES § 31017) Norwegian. ..... Swedish. Scardinavian— NOrWEgIot. oiuvimans vi prunans sewmneie vaomms Swedish....... Th SR TREE eo Danish....... os EET {celandie....... EE 1 Wa Latin and Greek— Ttalian....ooovenivniinninnnnns Roumanian........coeevu--- Bronk, ..cocomirmmmniann Spanish. eerie. Rank South, Eastern ard Central Europe— ARBEIT conven svnmerpnn we witnimnns cnvwsmn swmwy Ukranian. copy e sravoss ov sovwnvs swnsmes winnie TEalitn evens on sums spmompess opps agen wai Polish..c. eieniaseins — Oricin 2 Fermanic— GOTMIAD. viernes rneinennenreennrenaenens Duteh......... . ... cena Flemish.... . Slavie— Austrian............... Ukrainialt....... .. Russian..... Polish... . .. Rank CHANGES IN THE PROPORTION OF DIFFERENT STOCKS IN CANADA While the proportion of stocks other than British and French in Canada in 1921 remains small, a comparison of the data for 1901 and 1911 with those of 1921 is significant. Both the British and French stocks show a smaller proportion in 1921 than in 1801. For the French the decrease was continuous. While it was only to the extent of approximately 3 p.c. in the twenty year period, it amounted to 2 pc. in the decade 1901 to 1911, when immigration was at its highest. A decline at this rate, if continued for half a century, will produce material alteration. The decrease in the percentage of British stock was arrested in the last decade by Eng- lish immigration. The percentage of Irish and Scotch consistently declined over the twenty year period. On the other hand, the proportion of other European origins increased from 8-51 p.c. to 14-16 p.c. in the two decades. That the increase was not more rapid between 1911 and 1921 was due mainly to the war, - The previous decade saw the proportion of other Euro- pean stocks increase by approximately 50 p.c., a repetition of which for a few decades would have a profound effect on the structure of the Canadian population. Since 1900, the Asiatics have increased almost twice as rapidly as the population as a whole. The Syrians, though small in numbers, constitute three times as large a percent- age as at the beginning of the century and the Japanese exactly twice the proportion. The Chinese have increased at a somewhat slower rate, though the fact that they have been increasing some 50 p.c. faster than the population as a whole, in spite of the heavy head tax, is an indication of the potential pressure of Oriental immigration. Practically the whole of this increase is accounted for by immigration; natural increase has been slight, owing to the small proportion of Chinese women in the country. In contrast with the Orientals, the Indian and Negro stocks have failed to keep pace with the growing population. Twenty years has seen the proportion of Indian stock cut in half, shough this is partly due to the fact that 34481 half-breeds were counted as Indians in 1901. In the same period the total population of Canada grew some 65 p.c. Next to the Indians she proportion of Negroes has declined most rapidly. In 1921 it was only two-thirds that of 1901. - A somewhat different approach is suggested by Table 12 (p. 48), which shows the num- bers of the principal stocks in Canada at the iast three census dates and the percentage mncrease for each stock in the decades 1901 to 1911 and 1911 to 1921. The last two columns oresent a striking comparison as to the actual rates of growth of the various stocks.