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Occupations and destinations of immigrants arriving in Canada, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927

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Occupations and destinations of immigrants arriving in Canada, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927
  1926 1927
  Via ocean ports From the United States Total Via ocean ports From the United States Total
  number
Farmers and farm labourers            
Men 28,032 5,007 33,039 55,650 5,233 60,883
Women 3,740 1,150 4,890 5,460 1,203 6,663
Children 8,791 1,796 10,587 12,717 1,691 14,408
General labourers            
Men 2,538 1,368 3,906 4,862 1,323 6,185
Women 690 145 835 847 224 1,071
Children 817 162 979 1,454 205 1,659
Mechanics            
Men 2,745 1,398 4,143 4,617 1,774 6,391
Women 1,084 289 1,373 1,562 398 1,960
Children 843 217 1,060 1,184 303 1,487
Clerks, traders, etc.            
Men 1,662 901 2,563 2,105 978 3,083
Women 935 355 1,290 1,064 362 1,426
Children 565 218 783 663 186 849
Miners            
Men 477 147 624 965 151 1,116
Women - - - 104 10 114
Children 12 2 14 127 7 134
Domestics            
Women 9,180 506 9,686 13,019 538 13,557
Not classified            
Men 1,584 1,104 2,688 1,564 1,240 2,854
Women 6,604 1,933 8,537 7,592 2,445 10,037
Children 6,987 2,080 9,067 7,410 2,704 10,114
Total men 37,038 9,925 46,963 69,763 10,749 80,512
Total women 22,233 4,378 26,611 29,648 5,180 34,828
Total children 18,015 4,475 22,490 23,555 5,096 28,651
Total 77,286 18,778 96,064 122,966 21,025 143,991
Destination            
Maritime provinces 1,295 375 1,670 2,738 387 3,125
Quebec 8,868 2,499 11,367 13,735 2,907 16,642
Ontario 24,091 5,202 29,293 34,769 5,835 40,604
Manitoba 17,826 1,253 19,079 35,469 1,290 36,739
Saskatchewan 10,844 2,972 13,816 16,423 3,662 20,085
Alberta 8,222 4,318 12,540 11,780 4,587 16,367
British Columbia 6,058 2,107 8,165 8,060 2,316 10,376
Yukon 14 33 47 4 30 34
Not given 68 19 87 8 11 19
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.