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| 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||
| British | |||
| English | 29,617 | 22,422 | 35,204 |
| Irish | 7,748 | 4,910 | 8,242 |
| Scottish | 11,534 | 7,289 | 11,987 |
| Welsh | 1,075 | 846 | 1,154 |
| Total, British | 49,974 | 35,467 | 56,587 |
| Continental European | |||
| Albanian | 26 | 21 | 6 |
| Austrian | 3,877 | 1,835 | 2,982 |
| Belgian | 1,346 | 1,015 | 2,143 |
| Bulgarian | 48 | 41 | 33 |
| Czech | 377 | 354 | 347 |
| Estonian | 294 | 194 | 166 |
| Finnish | 717 | 652 | 1,128 |
| French | 3,489 | 2,941 | 3,768 |
| German | 31,106 | 19,625 | 27,843 |
| Greek | 2,956 | 3,057 | 5,274 |
| Italian | 24,857 | 20,545 | 30,064 |
| Jewish | 2,036 | 1,660 | 2,190 |
| Lettish | 470 | 356 | 342 |
| Lithuanian | 279 | 191 | 216 |
| Magyar | 562 | 478 | 4,340 |
| Maltese | 939 | 355 | 381 |
| Netherlander | 16,691 | 7,328 | 8,257 |
| Polish | 2,461 | 2,073 | 2,438 |
| Portuguese | 1,337 | 1,439 | 1,984 |
| Romanian | 230 | 105 | 153 |
| Russian | 405 | 297 | 288 |
| Scandinavian | |||
| Danish | 1,499 | 1,496 | 3,713 |
| Icelandic | 50 | 25 | 41 |
| Norwegian | 1,181 | 898 | 1,011 |
| Swedish | 510 | 488 | 596 |
| Spanish1 | 247 | 335 | 571 |
| Swiss2 | 1,027 | 680 | 1,115 |
| Ukrainian | 724 | 560 | 578 |
| Yugoslavic1 | 1,610 | 1,416 | 2,043 |
| Total, Continental European | 101,351 | 70,460 | 104,011 |
| Other | |||
| Arabian | 15 | 56 | 87 |
| Armenian | 76 | 144 | 189 |
| Chinese | 1,958 | 2,602 | 2,103 |
| East Indian | 177 | 249 | 332 |
| Indian (American) | 20 | 28 | 31 |
| Japanese | 73 | 102 | 124 |
| Mexican | 11 | 11 | 27 |
| Negro | 254 | 414 | 572 |
| Persian | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Syrian | 253 | 326 | 494 |
| Turkish | 26 | 20 | 56 |
| Not stated | 28 | 52 | 233 |
| Total, other | 2,902 | 4,019 | 4,359 |
| Grand total | 154,227 | 109,946 | 164,857 |
| Notes: - Figures from 1926 are given in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the 1939 edition. - 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. |
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| 1. Includes a few minor groups. | |||
| 2. Reported as Swiss origin but evidently one of the constituent races, such as German, French or Italian. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1957/1958. | |||
