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Distribution of the population, by ethnic group, census years 1941, 1951 and 1961

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Distribution of the population, by ethnic group, census years 1941, 1951 and 1961
	1941¹	1951	1961
	number			%
British Isles	5,715,904	6,709,685	7,996,669	43.8
English	2,968,402	3,630,344	4,195,175	23.0
Irish	1,267,702	1,439,635	1,753,351	9.6
Scottish	1,403,974	1,547,470	1,902,302	10.4
Other	75,826	92,236	145,841	0.8
Other European	5,526,964	6,872,889	9,657,195	53.0
Austrian	37,715	32,231	106,535	0.6
Belgian	29,711	35,148	61,382	0.3
Czech and Slovak	42,912	63,959	73,061	0.4
Danish	37,439	42,671	85,473	0.5
Finnish	41,683	43,745	59,436	0.3
French	3,483,038	4,319,167	5,540,346	30.4
German	464,682	619,995	1,049,599	5.8
Greek	11,692	13,966	56,475	0.3
Hungarian	54,598	60,460	126,220	0.7
Icelandic	21,050	23,307	30,623	0.2
Italian	112,625	152,245	459,351	2.5
Jewish	170,241	181,670	173,344	1.0
Lithuanian	7,789	16,224	27,629	0.2
Netherlands	212,863	264,267	429,679	2.4
Norwegian	100,718	119,266	148,681	0.8
Polish	167,485	219,845	323,517	1.8
Romanian	24,689	23,601	43,805	0.2
Russian	83,708	91,279	119,168	0.7
Swedish	85,396	97,780	121,757	0.7
Ukrainian	305,929	395,043	473,337	2.6
Yugoslavic	21,214	21,404	68,587	0.4
Other	9,787	35,616	88,190	0.5
Asiatic	74,064	72,827	121,753	0.7
Chinese	34,627	32,528	58,197	0.3
Japanese	23,149	21,663	29,157	0.2
Other	16,288	18,636	34,399	0.2
Other Origin	189,723	354,028	462,630	2.5
Native Indian and Eskimo	125,521	165,607	220,121	1.2
Negro	22,174	18,020	32,127	0.2
Other and not stated	42,028²	170,401	210,382	1.2
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.
1. Excludes Newfoundland.
2. Includes 35,416 half-breeds.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.