{24 ORIGINS AND INTERMARRIAGE IN THE REGISTRATION AREA
_— - —_-
TABLE 68. —PERCENTAGE OF MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN ORIGIN
MARRIED TO FRENCH IN THE REGISTRATION AREA, BY GEOGRAPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC
GROUPS, 1921 (AS INDICATED BY THE PARENTAGE OF CHILDREN BORN IN THE REGISTRA-
Origin
North Western European. .........ccoeeieneninneeenarens .-
South, Eastern and Central European. ........covoveieeven ween yi
3CANAIMAVIAT. «ov vce vvevsmsrns cme eansaronsssnanesnoboreatenssusouenen son ro
Jermanic........... IR ERIE Wes wa same pesmi vised sue R0E § SOY
ratin and Greek.. eb iE ERENT EES Savon sine saisnstins won Brennen $0508
Ilavie. ....... rn spn dE FERENCE HE PRRA CRRA AARNE
Men
Per cent
married to
women
of French
stock
Women
Per cent
married to
men
of French
stock
0-3
Ru 0-4
1-9 1-7
2:8 2:4
2-9 0-2
0-5 0-4
TABLE 69.—~PERCENTAGE OF MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN ORIGIN
MARRIED INTO FRENCH AND BRITISH STOCKS IN THE REGISTRATION AREA, BY GEOGRAPHI-
CAL AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS (AS INDICATED BY THE PARENTAGE OF CHILDREN BORN IN
THE REGISTRATION AREA IN 1921).
Origin
orth Tost Barrer ieee ieesraaaeeaaaan aera nana enans
3outh, Eastern and I re vere vecint rt 14 oe
SCANAIMAVIAI. + + evr vnneeshonnionssnssnossosnsessseenssaserenss noose onanunenuaonscsnse
TSETTIMATIIC . , «ov eee vues reens sens ~osaassosanasassessesnsennsorarossnsstossasnasnaseseterns
atin and Greek. .. . IRV Ae Ep
Mavic
Men
Per cent
married to
women
of British
and French
ntrnlka
3.0
24-0
5:2
24-1,
22-821
13-¢
2.4
Women
Per cent
married to
men
of British
and French
atocks
LC
24-6
2-5
26-4
23-8
1-5
2-8
Table 69 is a summary of tables 67 and 68. It gives an index of the total amount of
assimilation by intermarriage of the Continental European stocks with the basic stocks of
ths country, by geographical and linguistic groups. Combing the two tables does not
alter the order found to obtain in Table 67 showing the amount of intermarriage with the
British stocks alone, and the remarks made in connection with that table apply with equal
force to Table 69.
While both tables! agree in showing a great amount of intermarriage on the part of
those of North Western Buropean origin with the French and British, there are significant
differences in the behaviour of the linguistic groups. The relative amount of intermarriage
for the males of the Scandinavian, Germanic and Latin and Greek origins follows the
reverse order in the two tables. That is to say, those who marry least with the British,
marry to the greatest extent with the Yrench, and vice versa. To be specific, the men of
Scandinavian extraction have intermarried with the British proportionately more than have
those of Germanic origin, and they in turn more than the Latins and Greeks. On the other
hand, the Latin and Greek males have intermarried to a greater extent with the French
than have those of Germanic extraction, and the Germanic more than the Scandinavian. It
would thus appear that the men of Scandinavian and Germanic origin are relatively more
easily assimilable by marriage with the British than are the Latin and Greeks, while the
Latin and Greeks more readily assimilate with the French. In this connection it may be
pointed out that the data on intermarriage are based on experience outside Quebec, so that
the smallness of the numbers of Scandinavians and Germans in that vprovinee does not
invalidate the above conclusion.
L That is. Tables 67 and 68.