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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
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.