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Racial origins of immigrants into Canada, 1942 to 1946
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| 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||||
| British | |||||
| English | 3,656 | 4,661 | 7,888 | 13,831 | 42,197 |
| Irish | 813 | 896 | 1,112 | 1,878 | 4,632 |
| Scottish | 971 | 902 | 1,254 | 2,469 | 10,209 |
| Welsh | 88 | 88 | 127 | 273 | 1,294 |
| Total, British | 5,528 | 6,547 | 10,381 | 18,451 | 58,332 |
| Continental European | |||||
| Albanian | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Belgian | 7 | 17 | 20 | 33 | 751 |
| Bohemian | 8 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| Bulgarian | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Croatian (Serbian) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Czech (Bohemian) | 12 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 207 |
| Dalmatian | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Estonian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Finnish | 21 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 56 |
| French | 660 | 701 | 860 | 1,295 | 3,229 |
| German | 290 | 314 | 320 | 584 | 1,298 |
| Greek | 18 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 108 |
| Italian | 48 | 76 | 74 | 132 | 320 |
| Jewish | 311 | 203 | 310 | 654 | 2,100 |
| Lettish | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Lithuanian | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| Magyar | 22 | 33 | 39 | 58 | 152 |
| Maltese | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Mexican | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Moravian | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Netherlander | 150 | 124 | 155 | 268 | 2,431 |
| Polish | 77 | 72 | 106 | 332 | 730 |
| Portuguese | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 47 |
| Roumanian | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| Russian | 32 | 27 | 49 | 86 | 213 |
| Ruthenian | 15 | 29 | 26 | 33 | 171 |
| Scandinavian | |||||
| Danish | 33 | 28 | 51 | 65 | 168 |
| Icelandic | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| Norwegian | 115 | 57 | 70 | 169 | 456 |
| Swedish | 52 | 60 | 89 | 115 | 231 |
| Serbian | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| Slovak | 20 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 19 |
| Spanish | 6 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| Spanish American | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| Swiss1 | 31 | 12 | 23 | 33 | 120 |
| Yugoslavic | 3 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 34 |
| Total, Continental European | 1,974 | 1,879 | 2,321 | 4,127 | 13,102 |
| Non-European | |||||
| Armenian | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Chinese | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| East Indian | 3 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Indian (American) | 7 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 37 |
| Japanese | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Negro | 48 | 38 | 54 | 97 | 173 |
| Persian | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Syrian | 12 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 37 |
| Turkish | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Total, non-European | 74 | 78 | 99 | 144 | 285 |
| Grand total | 7,576 | 8,504 | 13,801 | 22,732 | 71,719 |
| Notes: - 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. - Dashes in this table indicate that no immigrants were reported for the corresponding stub items. Figures for 1926 to 1941 can be found in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the 1939 edition. |
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| 1. Reported as "Swiss" origin but are evidently one of the constituent races such as German, French, Italian, etc. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | |||||
