PREFACE 
The present report is one of a series that has been prepared in the Dominion Bureau of 
Statistics, analytical of the data on population collected by the census. It deals with the 
general question of the birthplace, nationality and origin of the Canadian population, 
acluding in the latter the colonial stocks from the British Isles and France. as well as the 
recent immigrant population. 
The general scope of the analysis will be seen by a glance at the various chapter head- 
ngs. The first five chapters deal with the changing proportions of the various nationalities 
and stocks in Canada in the nine provinces, and their distribution in respect to date of 
arrival, age, sex, conjugal condition and urban and rural residence. The remaining seven 
chapters include an examination of the behaviour of the various groups as revealed by data 
on intermarriage, language spoken, illiteracy, naturalization, crime, fertility, and infant 
mortality. Preceding these chapters is a general “Summary ” which sets out briefly the 
main facts and conclusions. As the subject-matter of the report is complex, involving several 
points of view which although distinct are closely related and at times overlapping, it is 
recommended that before proceeding to any perusal of the report proper, the explanations 
and definitions contained in the introduction be carefully noted. 
The report has been prepared in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics under the direction 
of Prof. W. Burton Hurd, of Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba. 
R. H COATS 
Dominion Statistician. 
DoMIiNiON BUREAU OF SraTisTICcs, 
Orrawa, September 1, 1928. 
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