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Number of immigrant arrivals in Canada from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, fiscal years ended 1897 to 1927

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Number of immigrant arrivals in Canada from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, fiscal years ended 1897 to 1927
	United Kingdom	United States	Other countries	Total
	number
1897¹	11,383	2,412	7,921	21,716
1898¹	11,173	9,119	11,608	31,900
1899¹	10,660	11,945	21,938	44,543
1900²	5,141	8,543	10,211	23,895
1901	11,810	17,987	19,352	49,149
1902	17,259	26,388	23,732	67,379
1903	41,792	49,473	37,099	128,364
1904	50,374	45,171	34,786	130,331
1905	65,359	43,543	37,364	146,266
1906	86,796	57,796	44,472	189,064
1907³	55,791	34,659	34,217	124,667
1908	120,182	58,312	83,975	262,469
1909	52,901	59,832	34,175	146,908
1910	59,790	103,798	45,206	208,794
1911	123,013	121,451	66,620	311,084
1912	138,121	133,710	82,406	354,237
1913	150,542	139,009	112,881	402,432
1914	142,622	107,530	134,726	384,878
1915	43,276	59,779	41,734	144,789
1916	8,664	36,937	2,936	48,537
1917	8,282	61,389	5,703	75,374
1918	3,178	71,314	4,582	79,074
1919	9,914	40,715	7,073	57,702
1920	59,603	49,656	8,077	117,336
1921	74,262	48,059	26,156	148,477
1922	39,020	29,345	21,634	89,999
1923	34,508	22,007	16,372	72,887
1924	72 919	20,521	55,120	148,560
1925	53,178	15,818	42,366	111,362
1926	37,030	18,778	40,256	96,064
1927	49,784	21,025	73,182	143,991
Note: See Table 6 on page 107 for an estimate of the movement of the population between the censuses of 1901 and 1921.
1. Calendar year.
2. Six months, January to June, inclusive.
3. Nine months ended March 31.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.