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Racial origins of immigrants into Canada, arriving via ocean ports and from the United States, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927
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| 1926 | 1927 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Via ocean ports | From the United States | Total | Via ocean ports | From the United States | Total | |
| number | ||||||
| British | 37,030 | 10,397 | 47,427 | 49,784 | 11,069 | 60,853 |
| English | 19,689 | 5,923 | 25,612 | 24,890 | 6,045 | 30,935 |
| Irish | 5,993 | 2,125 | 8,118 | 9,187 | 2,366 | 11,553 |
| Scottish | 10,295 | 2,139 | 12,434 | 14,296 | 2,432 | 16,728 |
| Welsh | 1,053 | 210 | 1,263 | 1,411 | 226 | 1,637 |
| European Continental | 39,480 | 8,065 | 47,545 | 72,301 | 9,665 | 81,966 |
| Albanian | 14 | 79 | 14 | 17 | - | 17 |
| Austrian | 75 | 78 | 154 | 401 | 129 | 530 |
| Belgian | 1,063 | 63 | 1,141 | 2,080 | 69 | 2,149 |
| Bohemian | 8 | 4 | 71 | 22 | 85 | 107 |
| Bulgarian | 47 | 2 | 51 | 126 | 2 | 128 |
| Croatian | 1,006 | 33 | 1,008 | 1,085 | 2 | 1,087 |
| Czech | 805 | 541 | 838 | 721 | 7 | 728 |
| Dalmatian | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dutch | 1,180 | 63 | 1,721 | 1,674 | 569 | 2,243 |
| Esthonian | 28 | 1,821 | 30 | 92 | - | 92 |
| Finnish | 1,617 | 2,318 | 1,680 | 5,180 | 88 | 5,268 |
| French | 498 | 41 | 2,319 | 548 | 2,499 | 3,047 |
| German | 7,356 | 138 | 9,674 | 12,540 | 2,682 | 15,222 |
| Greek | 217 | 427 | 258 | 340 | 45 | 385 |
| Italian | 1,638 | 23 | 1,776 | 3,301 | 165 | 3,466 |
| Jewish | 3,587 | 3 | 4,014 | 4,471 | 392 | 4,863 |
| Jugo-Slav | 1,604 | 23 | 1,627 | 2,084 | 18 | 2,102 |
| Lettish | 24 | 75 | 27 | 60 | 4 | 64 |
| Lithuanian | 165 | - | 188 | 842 | 6 | 848 |
| Magyar | 4,112 | - | 4,187 | 4,863 | 78 | 4,941 |
| Maltese | 21 | - | 21 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| Mexican | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Moravian | 6 | - | 6 | 36 | - | 36 |
| Polish | 2,535 | 190 | 2,725 | 6,505 | 199 | 6,704 |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Rumanian | 265 | 26 | 291 | 292 | 38 | 330 |
| Russian | 925 | 167 | 1,092 | 1,127 | 169 | 1,296 |
| Ruthenian | 4,259 | 58 | 4,317 | 9,995 | 66 | 10,061 |
| Scandinavian | ||||||
| Danish | 1,112 | 299 | 1,411 | 2,030 | 225 | 2,255 |
| Icelandic | 53 | 22 | 75 | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| Norwegian | 1,072 | 800 | 1,872 | 3,384 | 1,253 | 4,627 |
| Swedish | 1,335 | 620 | 1,955 | 2,628 | 693 | 3,321 |
| Serbian | 454 | 4 | 458 | 885 | 8 | 893 |
| Slovak | 2,046 | 23 | 2,069 | 4,274 | 10 | 4,284 |
| Spanish | 12 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 49 |
| Spanish American | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Swiss | 320 | 98 | 418 | 568 | 101 | 669 |
| Turkish | 17 | - | 17 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Other countries | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| Non-European | 776 | 316 | 1,092 | 881 | 291 | 1,172 |
| American Indian | - | 7 | 7 | - | 13 | 13 |
| Arabian | 10 | - | 10 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Armenian | 85 | 17 | 102 | 65 | 13 | 78 |
| Chinese | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| East Indian | 62 | 1 | 63 | 60 | 1 | 61 |
| Japanese | 421 | - | 421 | 475 | - | 475 |
| Negro | 53 | 269 | 322 | 51 | 241 | 292 |
| Persian | 11 | - | 11 | 6 | - | 6 |
| Syrian | 134 | 22 | 156 | 218 | 23 | 241 |
| Total | 77,286 | 18,778 | 96,064 | 133,966 | 21,035 | 143,991 |
| Note: Many terms used in the Canada Year Books are no longer used today for reasons such as their offensive connotations, changes in place name or organization name, or terms becoming obsolete. These terms have been left as they appear in the original yearbooks. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book,1927/1928. | ||||||
