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Languages of Immigrants 10 years old and older, arriving via ocean ports and from the United States, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927
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| 1926 | 1927 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Via ocean ports | From the United States | Total | Via ocean ports | From the United States | Total | |
| number | ||||||
| English | 31,591 | 14,152 | 45,743 | 43,190 | 15,776 | 58,966 |
| Welsh | 8 | - | 8 | 1 | - | 1 |
| French | 635 | 495 | 1,130 | 737 | 652 | 1,389 |
| German | 3,530 | 224 | 3,754 | 8,160 | 217 | 8,377 |
| Norwegian | 929 | 88 | 1,017 | 3,064 | 87 | 3,151 |
| Swedish | 1,242 | 63 | 1,305 | 2,699 | 75 | 2,774 |
| Danish | 998 | 37 | 1,035 | 1,868 | 32 | 1,900 |
| Icelandic | 27 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Flemish | 810 | 33 | 843 | 1,628 | 21 | 1,649 |
| Walloon | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Dutch | 915 | 26 | 941 | 1,212 | 25 | 1,237 |
| Finnish | 1,430 | 19 | 1,449 | 4,663 | 21 | 4,684 |
| Esthonian | 32 | - | 32 | 78 | - | 78 |
| Lettish | 15 | - | 15 | 42 | 1 | 43 |
| Lithuanian | 153 | 7 | 160 | 751 | 3 | 754 |
| Russian | 3,997 | 63 | 4,060 | 4,803 | 64 | 4,867 |
| Yiddish | 611 | 2 | 613 | 488 | 11 | 499 |
| Hebrew | 921 | 85 | 1,006 | 1,513 | 82 | 1,595 |
| Ruthenian, Russniak, Ukrainian | 2,630 | 24 | 2,654 | 7,473 | 25 | 7,498 |
| Polish | 4,121 | 79 | 4,200 | 8,652 | 71 | 8,723 |
| Rumanian | 217 | 10 | 227 | 320 | 12 | 332 |
| Slovenian | 513 | 2 | 515 | 218 | - | 218 |
| Czech (Bohemian) | 2,716 | 19 | 2,780 | 4,891 | 7 | 4,898 |
| Croat (Serbian) | 2,476 | 4 | 2,480 | 3,496 | 5 | 3,501 |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | 3,968 | 40 | 4,008 | 4,729 | 39 | 4,768 |
| Korean | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Italian | 1,395 | 49 | 1,444 | 2,996 | 63 | 3,059 |
| Spanish | 12 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Greek | 199 | 21 | 220 | 296 | 23 | 319 |
| Albanian | 9 | - | 9 | 11 | - | 11 |
| Turkish | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bulgarian | 35 | - | 35 | 140 | 2 | 142 |
| Chinese | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Japanese | 397 | - | 397 | 447 | - | 447 |
| East Indian | 52 | - | 52 | 44 | - | 44 |
| Armenian (Aramaic) | 79 | 3 | 82 | 66 | 4 | 70 |
| Syrian (Arabian) | 118 | 7 | 125 | 184 | 7 | 191 |
| Total | 66,835 | 15,568 | 82,403 | 108,917 | 17,333 | 126,250 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928. | ||||||
