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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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 AGIICUIEUTS, Lo veivnini inva Manufacturing.................. ZONStTUCtion.........uuvaa.... «ransportation................. TP080. onnvn iii ds shmnmen smn ws Servicest a 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 ~.97 1,28 40-91 14-52 6-57 "a7 ©.29 0 Birthplace British Poss’ns. LAL 33-3( 10-87 55 013 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.

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