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Sex, occupation and destination of immigrants for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1917

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Sex, occupation and destination of immigrants for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1917
	Sex and occupation
	Men	Women	Children	Total
	number
All occupations	43,074	19,537	12,763	75,374
Via ocean ports	3,771	6,966	3,248	13,985
From the United States	39,303	12,571	9,515	61,389
Farmers or farm labourers	15,202	3,416	4,097	22,715¹
Via ocean ports	867	584	442	1,893¹
From the United States	14,335	2,832	3,655	20,822¹
General labourers	9,183	1,072	896	11,151¹
Via ocean ports	1,409	257	218	1,884¹
From the United States	7,774	815	678	9,267¹
Mechanics	12,428	2,804	1,722	16,954¹
Via ocean ports	694	881	475	2,050¹
From the United States	11,734	1,923	1,247	14,904¹
Clerks, trades, etc.	2,055	894	386	3,335¹
Via ocean ports	271	337	95	703¹
From the United States	1,784	557	291	2,632¹
Miners	765	55	96	916¹
Via ocean ports	32	18	38	88¹
From the United States	733	37	58	828¹
Female servants	...	4,443	...	4,443
Via ocean ports	...	2,639	...	2,639
From the United States	...	1,804	...	1,804
Not classified	3,441	6,853	5,566	15,860¹
Via ocean ports	498	2,250	1,980	4,728¹
From the United States	2,943	4,603	3,586	11,132¹
… not applicable.
1. These totals were not included in the original table. They have been added to this HTML version.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.