SUMMARY OF DATA ON ORIGIN AND BIRTHPLACE . 
males 127, the latter being more than three times greater than the rate for the Canadian 
born, The age distribution of the British and foreign born males is more favourable to 
crime than that of the Canadian born. However, there were only three quinguennial age 
groups between 15 and 60 years when the penitentiary rate for the foreign born males was 
not more than twice that for the Canadian born, and in those three cases the rates were 
only slightly less than double. A similar comparison of the Canadian and British born 
reveals very small differences between the penitentiary rates for the males of those nativity 
groups at the various ages. 
‘While the foreign born as a group were thus less law-abiding by half than the Canadian 
born after considerations of age and sex are eliminated, if one takes the sex and age dis- 
tribution as it actually existed in 1921, the problem of law enforcement in respect to major 
offences was four times greater for the foreign born than for the Canadian born. Peni- 
tentiary data thus confirm the previous conclusions based on indictable offences. 
(4) When the analysis is made by specific countries of birth, it is found that the peni- 
tentiary rates for the males 21 years of age and over from the five foreign countries from 
which the largest numbers of male immigrants have come in recent years, were as follows: — 
TOY suns is smumunwnnit sce same 337 Poland ......... .. o.oo... 182 
Austria v..ioiiieiiiiinene.. 273 Russia ..ooovvviiiininninn,... 144 
Roumania ..........coovvuee... 209 
The rate for all foreign born males was 142. 
The rate for the North Western European born males was 59, as against 185 for the 
South, Eastern and Central European born. That for the Asiatic males was 58 and for the 
United States born males, 1592. Taking the linguistic groups, the males 21 years and over 
CHarr XIIT 
NUMBER or FOREIGN BORN MALES ww PENITENTIARIES rer 
100000 MALE POPULATION 2] YRS.ano OVER or SPE- 
CIFIED NATIVITY GROUPS, 1921. 
[raTE PER 100000) 
100 150 200 250 
S.,Eastern ano Cent. Eurore 
Unireo Srates® ] 
High rile doe 1p profession! criminal 
N.Wesiern Eurore 
Asia 
Latin ano Greek Countries 
Stavic Countries 
Germanic Counrrizs 
Scanpinavian Countrirs 
1 The high rate for the United States born is not attributed to the bona fide settler. The 
close proximity of the United States and the ease of crossing the international boundary makes 
Canada peculiarly subject to temporary visits of professional criminals from that country.