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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter II. Distribution of various stocks and of foreign born according to length of residence

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CHAPTER II DISTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS STOCKS AND OF FOREIGN BORN ACCORDING TO LENGTH OF RESIDENCE THE PROPORTION OF DIFFERENT STOCKS CANADIAN BORN, UNITED STATES BORN AND BORN IN COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES Table 13 shows the numerical distribution of the population by origins as between Canadian born, United States born and immigrants born in countries other than the United States. Tables 14 and 15 group the Europeans in Table 13 by rough geographical and linguistic classes, and Tables 16, 17; 18 and 19 express the same data in percentages. A summary appears in Table 20. From the figures of Table 13 it may be deduced that in 1921 77.75 p.c. of the popula- tion of Canada were Canadian born, and ‘4.25 p.c. United States born. As respects the remaining 18 p.c. or 1,681,712, 12.12 p.c. or over two-thirds, or 1,065454, were British born, leaving 5.88 p.c. of the total population, or 516,258 persons, as the foreign born other than United States born. The origins of these half million persons are analyzed as far as possible in the following tables. The 1,054,982 persons of British origins born in countries other than Canada and the United States correspond fairly well with the 1,085,454 persons Empire born outside of Canada—a proof that our British born persons (other than Cana- dians) are practically all of British origins, and may consequently be considered as adding not at all to the problems which confront us. Of course some few may have heen of other than British stocks, and conversely some few of those born in foreign countries other than the United States may have been of British stocks: But the numbers of such persons must be comparatively negligible. Number Born in the United States—In the first place it is evident from Table 13 that a very considerable number of our people have been born outside Canada—almost two million. Of those, 375,000 were of United States birth, or a little less than a fifth. The British stocks account for 205,000 or 55 pc. of the immigrants born in the United States and the French for 50,000 or 13 p.c. Thus nearly 70 p.c. of those born in the United States and resident in Canada in 1921 were either of British or of French stock. Figures for the other principal stocks. arranged in order of importance. are as follows Corman... conus os anni os sewnies sus, Norwegian. ......................... SWedish...coouin iii, Dutch. ..c.uvuviiannainninnnnnns Russian......... ...........c.... Hebrew... . Neorn Stock Number 40, 009 22,186 11,625 10,176 6,158 4,851 2 190g Per cent of total U.S. Born That so large a percentage of those immigrants born across the line are of the dominant Canadian stocks and that the bulk of the remainder are of either Germanic or Scandinavian origin are facts fraught with great significance. The British, French, German and Scandinavians accounted for nearlv 95 p.c. of the total United States born residents of Canada in 1921. The Southern, Eastern and Central European stocks are conspicuous for the extremely small numbers appearing among the immigrants of United States birth in Canada. The 40 74499. d

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