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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COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OF RECENT IMMIGRANTS 63 in the list. The same applies to Galicia, with the difference that by 1921 the Galicians had not yet resumed their exodus to this country in great numbers. In the decade 1900-1910, Poland appeared for the first time among the first seven countries, and except for the war years has continuously maintained a place of high importance as a source of Canadian ‘mmigration. These four are predominantly Slavic countries (Galicia is now included in Poland). [t is worthy of note that while Italy does not appear in the list before 1900, in the decade 1900-1910 it stood fifth and ranked between first and third from that time to the aking of the last Census. This fact shows that immigration from Southern Europe as well 33 from Eastern and Central Europe has been coming to the fore, Of the Scandinavian peoples, the Swedes appeared among the first seven until 1921, and the Norwegians from 1900 until just after the war. While Iceland was among the seven countries which sent ‘he largest number of immigrants to Canada before 1900, it has never since reappeared among that group. The same applies to Germany. France also ranked among the first seven prior to 1900, but since then has appeared in the list only in 1919 and 1920, when she volume of immigration was practically negligible owing to the war. Further, of the French who came in 1919 65 p.. were women, which suggests that among their number were included many who had married Canadian soldiers or were about to do so. That France should temporarily occupy a high place under such unusual circumstances is not ‘ndicative of an increasing volume of French immigration as compared with pre-war years. [ndeed, as in the case of Germany and Iceland, the importance of immigration from France as continuously declined since the beginning of the century. Careful study of this table will show the gradual shifting of the weight of immigration ‘rom the North West of Europe and the Scandinavian and Germanic groups to the South, Eastern and Central nations and the Slavic and Latin and Greek peoples. TABLE 25—PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA IN SPECIFIED PERIODS Rank Country | Rank Country I Rank Country ! Before 1900 1900-1910 1011-1914 Russia, 1 Germany 2 Austria £ alicia : France iceland Sweden Russia. ; Austria ‘ alicia Sweden taly Norway Yaland Russia. Austria [taly Poland Galicia Sweden Norway 1091 (R months) nin I DON France . 3elgium ‘ ‘taly : ussia ‘ Sweden 5 Norway 6 Poland 8 ‘taly , 3elgium 2oland i Russia France Sweden Rinland 2 ¥ / : { Russia, taly *oland ‘elgium \ustria Denmark Roumaeania Rank | Country 1915-1918 Russia, Norway taly tweden ‘inland Tance *algiim Length of Residence of the Foreign Born in Canada—Table 26 shows the total number of foreign born in Canada in 1921 by country of birth and the number and percentage of sach nationality who arrived prior to 1901. Table 27 groups the percentages for the European born by territorial and linguistic classes. A few interesting points are brought out in these tables. First, those of Icelandic birth show the largest percentage in Canada before 1901, while the Bulgarians, with only 2.2 pe. in Canada before that date, showed the smallest. There is considerable variation in the proportions within both the geographical and linguistic groups. Of the North Western Europeans, for example, the smallest percentage arriving before 1901 appears in the case of immigrants from Holland; only 5 p.c. of those born in that country and resident in Canada in 1921 had arrived before the beginning of the century. At the other extreme stands Iceland, with almost 60 p.c. of the immigrants of Icelandic birth in Canada arriving before 1901.

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