BIRTHPLACES OF THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCES 95 The proportions of Asiatics in the various provinces in 1921 appear below: — Province Percentage born in Asiatic countries British Columbia................. : BR AR ST Abort ..cues ivinuns nani sunsnnn 617 Foavn Son aees ire ow FRE Babin BOWIIL. usin: vhaanss sonwans EXEREAS THANERAETRNRS VERRY CRE ARR R YR SEER DYBARRS, iit 1s pin 5 0000s Sn 40 hb 5 REBARAD Hadid } ER FRE SIERRA EERE A Manitoba.......oooiiiiiiiiiiii i + menRenmnmmaannn sumedlaR dh Quebec... ....cooiviiiiiiiiiiiii iii reir eaa rere NOVA SCOLIA. . euinetiiii ire iaanns HSUAES S18 RIPON SIRI SHALS SENATE New Brunswiek...........covvvuneniiiinnnn. ow “on Prince Edward Igland...... 6-24 0-68 )-40 )-26 7-24 $17 0-11 n-N4 Comment is hardly necessary in this connection except to note the rather significant fact which appears on examination of the figures in Table 46. While in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia the proportion in the respective populations born in Asia was lower in 1921 than in 1911, in all other provinces it was higher at the time of the last census. By way of comparing the relative proportions of the population, by place of birth in 1921 and 1911,-the following résumé is made: first, the proportion of British immigrants in the population decreased in the Prairie Provinces, while in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia the proportion increased. The same tendency characterized the foreign born on the whole, though in the case of British Columbia the proportion was lower in 1921. The North Western European born showed a lower percentage in all provinces except Prince Edward Island, while the South, Eastern and Central European immigrants, though showing a lower percentage in the four western provinces, constituted a larger percentage in Ontario and the East generally in 1921 than in 1911. Both the Scandinavian and Germanic immigrants showed smaller percenteges throughout in 1921, while on the whole the proportion of Latin and Greek group increased in the decade. The increase for the latter group was most marked in the Middle West and Quebec. In Ontario the proportion remained constant. British Columbia is the outstanding exception, with a decline of approximately 50 per cent. The Slavic born (including the bulk of those who are of Hebrew origin) show a smaller percentage in 1921 in all provinces in the West, while in Ontario and Nova Scotia the pro- portion born in Slavie countries increased in the decade. That difference is partly due to the fact that between 1911 and 1914 Ontario and Nova Scotia received on the whole larger proportions of the main Slavic stocks in their immigration than in the previous decade, while most of the other provinces got smaller proportions. Then since the war there was a more rapid recovery of Russian and especially of Polish immigration to Ontario than to the other provinces. A somewhat similar situation appears to obtain as regards the United States born. In 1921 the proportion was considerably lower than in 1921 in the three western provinces but slichtly higher in Eastern Canada.