Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

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Identifikator:: 1794974814

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-182133

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Origin, birthplace, nationality and language of the Canadian people

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Acland

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 224 S.; Diagramme

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IV. Distribution of population stocks and nativity groups by provinces

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100 PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF STOCKS AND NATIVITY GROUPS Table 47 presents a summary from a different point of view. It ranks the provinces according to the relative density of the population by specified countries and groups of countries of birth. A few interesting facts may be mentioned. While Prince Edward Island 2as the largest percentage Canadian born, it shows the lowest proportion of immigrants from all countries except the United States, in which case it cedes its place at the foot of the list to Nova Scotia. British Columbia has the highest proportion born in the British Isles, in Latin and Greek countries and in Asia. Alberta has the highest percentage foreign born; this province also leads in the proportion born in the United States and in Scandinavian and Germanic countries. Manitoba has the highest proportion of South. Eastern and Central Europeans and also the largest proportion of Slavie birth. The summary Table 46 yields some interesting information from still another angle. It shows the relative importance of the foreign born of the various stocks in the population of the respective provinces. In Prince Edward Island, out of 1-46 p.c. foreign born, 1-37 pec. came from the United States. It is thus seen that the only significant immigra- tion to Prince Edward Island was from the country to the south. In Nova Scotia out of 2-67 p.c. foreign born, one-half came from the United States and a little less than half from Europe, and in New Brunswick, with a little less than 3 p.c. foreign born, some three~ quarters of that number reported themselves as of United States birth. Thus, in the Mari- time Provinces, while the actual percentages of foreign born are comparatively small, the great bulk of them came from the Eastern States. In the Maritimes, with the exception of Prince Edward Island, the proportion of immigrants born in the British Isles wag greater than that born in all foreign countries put together. In Quebec, on the other hand, there was a slightly larger percentage foreign born than born in the British Isles. Of the 4} pe. foreign born more than half were from Europe and she majority of them were born in Slavic countries. Practically the whole of the balance came from the United States, In Ontario the proportion of British born immigrants is two and a half times as great as the foreign born, Ontario being unique in this respect. Of the 6:21 pe. foreign born, over half were from Europe and 2:41 p.c. from the United States. Of the Continental Europeans the majority came from South, Eastern and Central countries, those born in Slavic countries contributing the largest proportion. As we pass westward the .proportion of foreign and British born is reversed. In the East, Quebec excepted, the British born formed a larger proportion of the population than did the foreign born. In Manitoba the numbers born in the British Isles and in foreign countries were approximately equal. In Saskatchewan there were twice as many foreign born as were born in the British Isles, and in Alberta the same tendency is marked. though not to quite the same extent. In Manitoba, of the 17-9 p.c. foreign born in the population, about three-quarters were from Europe and one-quarter from the United States. In Saskatchewan, of the 26-31 pec. foreign born, three-fifths were from Europe and two-fifths from the United States, and in Alberta the proportion born in the United States was considerably larger than the number of European birth. Thus American immigration tends to become relatively more impor- tant in passing from East to West, the percentage of American born being largest in Alberta. In British Columbia the relative imvortance of American immigration declines again, . Manitoba showed three-quarters of her foreign born from European countries and it is interesting to note the distribution of their places of birth. Those born in South, Eastern and Central Europe were three times as numerous as those coming from northern and western points of the Continent, and nine-tenths of them were born in Slavic countries. Indeed, in Manitoba there were almost three times as many of Slavie birth as were born in all Northern European countries. Of the North Western Europeans those of Scandinavian birth were slightly in excess of those born in. Germanic countries. Saskatchewan had twice as many foreign born as were born in the British Isles, and considerably more than half of those were of Burovesn birth. It had a larger provertion

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