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Movement of immigration to and through the Dominion, 1851 to 1877

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Movement of immigration to and through the Dominion, 1851 to 1877
	Arrivals by the St. Lawrence	Via the United States	Settled in Canada	Went to the United States
	number
1851	41,076	3,670	25,515	22,231
1852	39,176	3,500	20,943	12,733
1853	36,699	5,000	32,295	11,404
1854	53,185	7,000	38,800	21,383
1855	21,274	10,000	23,000	8,274
1856	22,439	10,729	24,816	8,352
1857	32,099	41,994	33,663	40,428
1858	12,810	26,860	12,340	27,330
1859	8,778	13,179	6,300	15,657
1860	10,150	4,829	7,827	7,152
1861	19,923	23,723	12,486	19,249
1862	22,176	40,450	28,798	33,828
1863	19,419	23,948	26,118	17,219
1864	19,147	27,048	21,738	24,487
1865	21,355	28,853	19,413	30,795
1866	28,648	23,147	10,081	41,704
1867	30,757	31,121	14,666	47,212
1868	34,300	37,148	12,765	58,683
1869	43,114	32,718	18,630	57,202
1870	44,475	24,544	24,706	44,313
1871	37,020	27,365	27,773	37,949
1872	34,743	54,443	86,578	52,208
1873	36,901	62,207	50,050	49,059
1874	21,359	58,663	39,373	40,649
1875	16,038	20,558	27,882	9,214
1876	10,901	24,337	25,633	10,916
1877	7,743	24,793	27,076	5,640
Total	725,711	671,819	651,775	748,222
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1879.