1 MIGRATION AND BUSINESS CYCLES 
Leaving out of consideration citizens and nonimmigrants and 
including only the ‘immigrant alien” group, the immigration in 
calendar years from Canada and Newfoundland: to the United 
States is recorded as follows: 
Table 33 
IMMIGRATION FROM CANADA 
1919 81,179 
1920 85,249 
1921 52,929 
1922 63,089 
1923 182,369 
When adjusted for typical seasonal variation, the curve of 1m- 
migration from Canada (Chart 26) exhibits a substantial decline 
during the greater part of 1921; in fact, through most of 1920 a 
CHART 26 
CycLBES IN IMMIGRATION FROM CANADA AND IN EMPLOYMENT 
ConpITIONS: 1919-1923. 
Unit= one standard deviation 
+30 £2 
Employment in the United Stat: nN 
220% to ml 
+10. ) 
\ 5 
-1.0 + oo 
mr CL 
Employment in Canag.. —e 
200i. : 4 CO Ll oir 
YR a 
bo Ce 19%] /922 /923 
sNumerical data in Tables 31 and 34. 
slight tendency to decline is evidenced in immigration from Canada, 
though the general movement of immigration from all countries 1s 
still on the upgrade (See Chart 24), suggesting that the decline in 
2At other points in our discussion of these data, we have used the term “Canada” as 
inclusive of all British North America. 
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