8 DISTRIBUTION OF STOCKS BY LENGTH OF RESIDENCE 
Cuanr XVIII 
PERCENTAGES or SPECIFIED ORIGIN GROUPS, CANADIAN 
BORN, UNITED STATES BORN ano EIL.SEWHERE BORN, 
1921. %0 
ToraL Popu ation of Dominion 
"0 90 100% 
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ToraLConrmnentar European 
N Western European 
S.,E astern ano Cent. European 
ScANDINAVIAN 
GERMANIC 
_anin anD GREEK 
~ 
DLAVIC 
Asiatic 
LEGEND — CANADIAN BORN EEE UNITED STATES BORN TJ ELSEWHERE BORN E== 
I'HE CHANGING PROPORTIONS OF CANADIAN BORN AND ELSEWHERE BORN 
Hitherto attention has been focussed on the birthplace of the various stocks in Canada 
in 1921. We now turn to the changing percentage of the population born outside of Canada, 
with a view to studying more specifically the recent inflow of immigrant races. Table 21 
shows the nativity of the population in the three census years 1901, 1911 and 1921. The 
first point to note is the decreasing proportion of the population born in Canada. These 
of Canadian nativity constituted 86-98 p.c. of the population in 1901 and only 77-98 p.c. 
‘n 1911—a decline of 9 p.c. in the proportion in a decade. Owing to arrested immigration 
during the war the decrease in the second decade was almost negligible. 
In the second place, compensating increases occurred in the percentage of the total 
population born in foreign countries and the British Isles. The proportion of our popula- 
tion born in Europe more than doubled between 1901 and 1911, and then remained station- 
ary for ten years. The proportion born in North Western Europe increased about 76 p.c., 
while the percentage born in South, Eastern and Central Europe almost trebled in the first 
decade of the century. In both cases, however, decreases occur in the second decade. The 
falling off in the North Western group is more marked than for the South, Eastern and 
Central European countries. There has been a steadier and more gradual growth of the 
proportion of United States birth in Canada. The same holds true of the Asiatics, The 
war is undoubtedly the chief explanation of these differences. 
In passing, it is worth noting that throughout the period 1901-1921 over half of those 
born outside of Canada came from the British Isles. In 1901, about the same proportion were 
born in the United States as in Europe. But by 1921, the United States born had fallen 
behind the European born by approximately 20 p.c. Further, since the beginning of the 
century, the proportion born in North Western Europe has not been as great as the percent- 
age born in the South, Bast and Centre. The disparity between the two groups has become 
progressively more marked.