RELATION OF URBAN RESIDENCE TO NATURALIZATION 145
though very favourable to the above thesis, is not valid because the former are mostly
the children of French Canadians who are merely returning to the country of their own
people.
In conclusion it may be stated that where the European born have naturalized to a
greater extent than the United States born immigrants of the same stocks, various outside
factors have entered in which suggest that such cases are abnormal. ‘On the other hand,
where outside influence is a minimum the percentages appear to be positive. It is probable,
therefore, other things being equal, that a generation's residence in the United States makes
political assimilation of foreign stocks in Canada somewhat easier. It must be kept in
mind, however, that the above generalization is tentative pending further investigation.
TABLES ~NATURALIZATION OF UNITED STATES BORN IMMIGRANTS, BY ORIGINS, AND OF OTHER

Origin

British..... won gwen
French....... wa pe
Austrian.... + 9
Belgian..... ......... ves
Czech.........ovvenn-Danish.............
 ee
Duteh.....ooveenenns Ve
Finnish. ......c00.. sees
Jerman....... wwe
Sreek...... y wie
Jebrew...... TRA Ta
Hungarian... FE EE
lcelandie.... Fg
[talian..... ve
Negro......... Seen ae
Norwegian... ' vee
Bollaha.ccvoive svvnnns SE
Roumanian.........covueevnnen, ee
BOSSA, conn venvinins vesbininh IORI
Serbo-Croatiin... «o.oo. i tuieeuerenainnsiaarnies
DANISH. oceania een ae
SwediBH..oL Lo iil intense sneer
SWAB. ever ieee esas cae
Syrian........ ee
Tkrainian....

(1)

Percentage o
immigrant
U.S. § To
population
naturalized,
1921

53-1
77-3
56-7
45-2
5.5
7
1
0
-9
8
T.8
1-4
3-4
Sd
15-1
‘5.0
5-3
8
ot

‘
Fk
{8
¢4-3
38.0

(2)
Percentage of
immigrant
population
aaturalized,
by countries
of birth
corresponding
to origins,
1921

35-2
59-4
42-1
B57
FR.3
sR.4
45.7
65-8
20-3
72-3
86-4
30-2

71-7
51-0
60-5
62-4
33-7

[red

4-7

3)

Difference
Col.(1)-Col.
2)
Per cent

22-1
- 27
3-1
0-8
- 0-6
7-7
10-3
- 80
4-0
-10-9
-13-0
92
- 2:7
£7
i-4
‘4
1

—

tft o

(4)

Percentage of
population
of various
origins
U.S. born

2-06
1-30
3-63
11-81
19-51
8-68
6-64
12.58
2:12
3-84
36
6-35
2.86
16-94
32-22
2-82
1-07
£.15
-99
99
90
-17
-05
98

TABLE 83.—DATA IN COLUMN 3, TABLE 82, ARRANGED BY LINGUISTIC GROUPS.

Scandinavian—
Danish......... ....... einen
Teelandic. ......oocvviiiiiivenienniine.:
Nor woglah, ou. conten rvmoempen warms
Buwedigh ous cov ar svvwn ve onan va
Germunic—
Balglof. ... socoriin inns vs vragen 5p sun 5 un
German..... a

- 0-8
~13-0
- 9.7
~ 4.9
3-1
7-7
- 8.0

Latin and Greek—
Frondh. a. veeessmsae
Greek...oovovnvnnnn.
[talian...........
Roumanian........
ie—
AUSIHIAR, one vvniireens enens
5:2 NPS
Polish... ccovus rinvsaves orev
BRuasiof. cu, i conannns sume»
Serbo-Croatian. .........coeeerenne
Jkrainian...

Stas

22-1
4-0
§-2
3-4
2-7
0-8
1
3-4
61
4-2

THE EFFECT OF URBAN RESIDENCE ON NATURALIZATION

Somewhat more definite conclusions may be drawn as to the effect of urban as opposed
to rural residence on the naturalization of any people. Table 84 (p. 147) shows the percentages
of immigrants naturalized in cities 25,000 and over by countries of birth and the proportions
of all immigrants (that is, both rural and urban) from these countries who have become
Canadian citizens. Column 3 gives the percentages by which the proportion naturalized of
the total foreign born (rural and urban) differs from the proportion naturalized among the
residents of large cities, for each country of birth.
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