PERCENTAGE OF EUROPEAN BORN ARRIVED BEFORE 1901 85
TABLE 27.—PERCENTAGE OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN BORN POPULATION OF CANADA IN
1921 WHO ARRIVED BEFORE 1901. BY SPECIFIED GROUPINGS OF COUNTRIES OF BIRTH.
I
Birthplace
North Western Europe—
Belgium.......coooiviiiiii a
Denmark. couv ou ve vive vv en we sas wh %
isc TT re
SEPIOBIIY cus vc iy owins os vis sivas £3 9m ws 24
Eollanad co.cn 2. on wine 43 25 Eads 45 43 TRESS 50 2
leeland..........oiiiiiiii i
Norway..........- eee
Sweden............. ees
Switzerland...... en
South, Eastern and Central Europe—
Austria........ PETIEY
Bulgaria........ ..
Czechoslovakia........... FE
ALOE viv wn copmoin sm sn won arms 0 wins ee Sw
SIBOTR. sop 5 0 crn ca wn mies wa wavs So yh
FURRAIS oo cuss vosins so smminss os va Ts £3 mas
Jugo-Slavia..........oovviiien cai
Poland. ...ooooevniiininiiiiii iii
Roumania................... FT
Russia......... ..
[Tkraijne..... .
P.c. who
arrived
afore 1901
10-62
i7-34
21-54
1-10
4.91
59.18
7-99
4-31
18-97
21-20
17-11
18
15-05
8-97
5-01
r.31
1.9
Se
n4
0.4%
2.16
7-50
1 ag
14-35
Birthplace
Scandinavian—
DIOBIRAIR.. 1 vasmmaes wu wvmiacnn an ws sss 0
FRland, coovviiven vovns oy prmmavs 0% sepa i
NOTWAY oo soviorvrinsiy £5 saosin 53 55.00% £5 65
Sweden............ 3 wll romey tom wan
Total...
Germanic—
Belgium. ..o.ooovviiiiiiniiiiiiiiia.,
Germany. ............... Cee
Holla ov vscs so vannn env wun wo vn owns 4% 03
Totabevervrnns ve gowns 8 * spun sea
Latins and Greeke—
Greece. ...ooreevinnn.
aly. ...ooovnnnnnnn
Roumania.................
France........- .
Total......
Slavic—
Austrig......... .... .
Bulgarig....................
Czechoslovekia...........
Salicia, .oovonennnan.,
Zoland. co. wows ene
Ukraine. ............
BA
3erbo-Croatia.......
Total........
P.c. who
arrived
nefore 1901
17-34
59-18
7-99
i4-31
17-08
10-62
41-10
4.91
27-23
5-31
8.63
13-16
21-54
12-80
17-11
2.19
12.03
16-01
10-48
11-62
17.50
5-08
15.81
Table 28 shows the percentage of the foreign born in Canada in 1921 who had arrived
prior to 1901, and the average number of years which the immigrants arriving in Canada
subsequent to that date had been resident in this country. Considerable care was ‘taken
in preparing the figures in column number 2. The census tabulated the number of
immigrants by specified periods of arrival and the ealculation was based on that tabu-
lation. The immigration figures for separate countries of birth were used to determine
the average length of time which the immigrants of 1901 to 1910 and 1911 to 1914 had
been in Canada, and for the later periods, the chronological centre was arbitrarily used for
all nativity groups. While an error was thus introduced in’ certain cases, it was not
considered to invalidate seriously the final result, as the numbers immigrating to Canada
during the latter years of the last decade were exceedingly small.
By making use of the two columns in Table 28 a more accurate idea of the length of
residence of the various immigrant peoples in Canada may be obtained. For example, nearly
50 p.c. of those of Icelandic birth resident in Canada in 1921 came to this country before
1901, and of the remaining 40 p.c. who came after that date, the great bulk arrived early in
the present century. As contrasted with the Icelanders only a little over 5 p.c. of the
Greeks in Canada at the date of the census arrived before 1901, and of the 95 pc. who
ame after 1901 the average length of residence was only 9.5 years, as opposed to 14
years for those of Icelandic birth. The distribution of the Germans tends to be similar
to that of the Icelanders, while that of the Italians and Bulgarians approximates to that
of the Greeks.
Now there are four causes which might combine to explain such differences. First,
mmigration from one country may have been earlier than from another. Second, the
leath rate among older immigrants may have been higher for one country of birth than
‘or another. Third, in certain cases large numbers of the earlier immigrants have returned
‘0 their homeland or emigrated to some other part of the world, leaving only the more
recent arrivals, while the majority of immigrants from certain other countries have settled
in Canada for life. In the fourth place, the average number of vears of residence would
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