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| 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||
| British | |||
| English | 17,868 | 21,336 | 28,810 |
| Irish | 4,767 | 5,229 | 6,237 |
| Scottish | 7,734 | 8,637 | 10,692 |
| Welsh | 731 | 997 | 1,482 |
| Total, British | 31,100 | 36,199 | 47,221 |
| Continental European | |||
| Albanian | 51 | 29 | 31 |
| Austrian | 588 | 751 | 819 |
| Belgian | 539 | 723 | 675 |
| Bulgarian | 23 | 35 | 75 |
| Czech and Slovak | 160 | 237 | 306 |
| Estonian | 69 | 57 | 65 |
| Finnish | 325 | 476 | 656 |
| French | 3,291 | 4,044 | 4,408 |
| German | 6,550 | 7,091 | 9,832 |
| Greek | 5,647 | 5,200 | 6,730 |
| Hungarian | 995 | 1,054 | 1,323 |
| Italian | 16,194 | 21,508 | 29,360 |
| Jewish | 2,180 | 3,113 | 2,816 |
| Latvian | 92 | 67 | 97 |
| Lithuanian | 73 | 84 | 95 |
| Luxembourger | 21 | 13 | 11 |
| Maltese | 906 | 1,200 | 1,133 |
| Netherlander | 2,181 | 2,464 | 2,999 |
| Polish | 2,069 | 2,621 | 2,862 |
| Portuguese | 4,732 | 6,109 | 7,069 |
| Romanian | 163 | 165 | 155 |
| Russian | 177 | 201 | 260 |
| Scandinavian | |||
| Danish | 743 | 852 | 1,057 |
| Icelandic | 18 | 17 | 9 |
| Norwegian | 502 | 480 | 649 |
| Swedish | 395 | 452 | 545 |
| Spanish1 | 1,468 | 1,642 | 1,909 |
| Swiss2 | 661 | 833 | 1,194 |
| Ukrainian | 215 | 202 | 283 |
| Yugoslavic1 | 2,449 | 3,116 | 3,220 |
| Total, Continental European | 53,477 | 64,836 | 80,643 |
| Other | |||
| Arabian | 154 | 214 | 263 |
| Armenian | 932 | 855 | 887 |
| Chinese | 1,571 | 3,210 | 5,234 |
| East Indian | 1,386 | 2,077 | 3,491 |
| Indian (American) | 21 | 28 | 32 |
| Japanese | 199 | 163 | 219 |
| Lebanese | 591 | 635 | 763 |
| Mexican | 24 | 27 | 55 |
| Negro | 2,453 | 2,627 | 4,065 |
| Syrian | 108 | 178 | 241 |
| Turkish | 310 | 341 | 527 |
| Unspecified | 825 | 1,216 | 3,117 |
| Total, other | 8,574 | 11,571 | 18,894 |
| Grand total | 93,151 | 112,606 | 146,758 |
| Note: Figures from 1926 are given in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the Canada Year Book, 1939. | |||
| 1. Includes a few minor groups, such as German, French, Italian, etc. | |||
| 2. Reported as Swiss origin but evidently one of the constituent races. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | |||
