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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BIRTHPLACES OF THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCES 91 Chart 27 shows in addition the proportions of foreign born in the population of the respective provinces in 1921. They rank in the following order: — Province ATBEIE. iret tee cia etter reanee ina aera re sie naes Saskatchewan............c.o0n 0. — . British Columbia......covoviiiiis cinnnnn Wonliobi. cou; 0 amine spss sovesmes 1 OHATIO. coins sinm s0 500s SEER SEARS EAR QUEBEC... iii New Brunswick.................. Nova Scotia... c.ooeveiiinnnnen Prince Edward Island............. ...... As in the case of the proportions Canadian born and of those born in the British Isles, there are wide fluctuations in the percentages foreign born in the different provinces. The four western provinces are in a class quite by themselves. While Ontario ranked with these provinces in the percentage of her population born in the British Isles, she ranks with Quebec and the Maritime provinces in the proportion foreign born in her population. From Manitoba east there is a very marked change in the proportion of foreign immigrants in the population. The percentage of the lowest of the western provinces is three times as large as the percentage in Ontario, the highest of the eastern provinces, and the difference becomes greater as we approach the extremes in each case, Such a marked difference between east and west in the proportion of foreign born in the population cannot but result in radical differences in: their attitude towards the problems of government, education and business. Another interesting fact is presented in Table 46 when comparing the proportions of foreign born at the two census dates. In Ontario and eastward there was a higher percentage foreign born in 1921 than in 1911, while in Manitoba and westward there was a lower per- centage in 1921 than in 1911. Probably the immigration of United States born to the cities in the East in recent years and the comparative cessation of immigration of other foreign born to the western provinces during and subsequent to the war, together with the dying off of the older immigrants, have an important bearing on these differences. The proportions of North Western European immigrants in the population of the various provinces appear below. Percentage foreign born ve. 29-58 . 26-31 19-02 17-91 6-21 4-18 7 2.77 +148 Province Percentage bora ia North Western Europe 4.53 1-33 246 r.91 73 ATBETba. ceive t ies Saskatchewan..................... MOBMOBA. evs go iis x omega ramos: £5 British Columbia.................... OIRIariOLe, veumevs crvams Saves 1 a LET Ep NovaScotia.......ooouivuiiiinrannnnnn: New Brunswiek................... Prince Edward Island... » The range of fluctuations is significant in this case also. There is a distinct drop in the proportion of Northern European born, as in the case of all foreign born, as we pass from Manitoba to Ontario and eastward. It is interesting to find that Alberta had a higher proportion of North Western European immigrants in her population than any other province in the Dominion. The proportion of North Western Euopean birth in 1921 was lower than in 1911 in all provinces except Prince Edward Island, where the actual numbers were negligible. The prineipal explanation is arrested immigration. The relative density of the South, Eastern and Central European born in the various vrovinces was as follows — Province Manoa. Louie -. Cera Saskatchewan............... I EE a oo mee AIBErba or covipe os seve CERT RRES FH SR 63 FSR SURES BREE 8 SEARS SRR ee Ki British Combi. c. : . 5 « cormnms or tress £ruasms iy SEER RERrgn Be Aweiae cans ss wre i BTIO sss 0.00 dr womornibodis SAETNET U3 SHURE £3 SEES Roads SHTLHES £0 LUSReds © SERS i SURES 1) BODE 0 40 Erne vr worms 0 SIRES SEB 18 SEARLE nim ionk S08 GURNEE SEWETVSE 4 KENAEAS SETHE 3 NOVA BOOtIR ovr on crvrses nasnren rrneditinin chnsnne nnn nyns snk hiss se i%sne ie owes Cisne New Brunswick,............ Prince Bdward Island Percentage South, Eastern and Central European born 1-57 i 4 2

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