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Immigrants arrived at Quebec, 1873 to 1877

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Immigrants arrived at Quebec, 1873 to 1877
  1873 1874 1875 1876 1877
  number
English 18,004 13,298 7,582 4,989 4,616
Irish 4,336 2,650 1,449 808 742
Scotch 4,665 2,562 1,816 1,009 799
German 739 462 176 104 84
Scandinavian 4,467 1,407 1,201 1,157 1,004
French and Belgians 2,634 1,632 534 289 150
Other origins 76 - - 20 74
Icelanders - 351 22 1,167 52
Hennonites - 1,532 3,258 1,358 183
Russians - - - 20 9
Totals 36,901 23,894 16,038 10,901 7,743
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1879.