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Rejections of prospective immigrants upon arrival at ocean ports, by principal causes and by nationalities, 1935 to 1946

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Rejections of prospective immigrants upon arrival at ocean ports, by principal causes and by nationalities, 1935 to 1946
  1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
  number
Cause            
Medical 13 10 9 9 9 10
Civil 192 213 217 166 168 235
Total 205 223 226 175 177 245
Nationality            
British 133 128 94 90 120 101
United States 6 9 4 7 4 7
Other 66 86 128 78 53 137
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947.