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Racial origins of immigrants into Canada, calendar years 1926 to 1935
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| 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||||
| British | |||||
| English | 30,593 | 34,056 | 37,662 | 43,287 | 24,789 |
| Irish | 11,425 | 11,857 | 12,523 | 14,478 | 7,876 |
| Scottish | 16,339 | 17,569 | 18,532 | 23,207 | 11,996 |
| Welsh | 1,568 | 2,204 | 3,316 | 3,586 | 1,116 |
| Total, British | 59,925 | 65,686 | 72,033 | 84,558 | 45,777 |
| Continental European | |||||
| Albanian | 11 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 33 |
| Belgian | 1,922 | 2,448 | 1,341 | 952 | 427 |
| Bohemian | 112 | 80 | 90 | 104 | 76 |
| Bulgarian | 88 | 243 | 267 | 311 | 353 |
| Croatian | 1,138 | 963 | 1,108 | 751 | 604 |
| Czech | 778 | 726 | 987 | 440 | 261 |
| Dalmatian | - | - | 1 | 7 | - |
| Dutch | 2,204 | 2,631 | 2,255 | 1,980 | 1,605 |
| Estonian | 77 | 111 | 108 | 98 | 87 |
| Finnish | 4,811 | 5,167 | 3,758 | 4,712 | 2,811 |
| French | 2,882 | 3,834 | 4,605 | 5,187 | 5,084 |
| German | 13,791 | 15,845 | 17,964 | 17,919 | 13,544 |
| Greek | 319 | 610 | 770 | 741 | 575 |
| Herzegovinian | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Italian | 2,683 | 4,617 | 1,114 | 1,514 | 1,327 |
| Jewish | 4,867 | 5,184 | 4,059 | 4,001 | 4,220 |
| Lettish | 58 | 81 | 78 | 83 | 36 |
| Lithuanian | 792 | 893 | 1,799 | 959 | 624 |
| Magyar | 5,262 | 5,875 | 6,366 | 5,484 | 3,360 |
| Maltese | 35 | 38 | 26 | 41 | 22 |
| Mexican | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Monténégrin | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Moravian | 22 | 50 | 7 | 21 | 5 |
| Polish | 5,552 | 8,481 | 8,583 | 6,424 | 5,207 |
| Portuguese | 21 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 11 |
| Roumanian | 358 | 248 | 336 | 400 | 300 |
| Russian | 1,261 | 1,280 | 1,245 | 858 | 1,123 |
| Ruthenian | 9,534 | 10,899 | 16,080 | 11,009 | 8,133 |
| Scandinavian | |||||
| Danish | 1,696 | 4,032 | 4,092 | 3,140 | 1,421 |
| Icelandic | 57 | 50 | 49 | 35 | 40 |
| Norwegian | 3,820 | 6,415 | 3,707 | 3,750 | 1,808 |
| Swedish | 3,011 | 3,866 | 4,284 | 3,895 | 1,440 |
| Serbian | 854 | 586 | 416 | 387 | 208 |
| Slovak | 4,024 | 4,256 | 4,466 | 2,617 | 2,645 |
| Spanish | 49 | 45 | 62 | 62 | 36 |
| Spanish American | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Swiss | 588 | 818 | 621 | 652 | 340 |
| Turkish | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Yugoslavic | 2,205 | 1,640 | 2,915 | 973 | 521 |
| Total, Continental European | 74,901 | 92,077 | 93,632 | 79,571 | 58,300 |
| Non-European | |||||
| American Indian | 13 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 8 |
| Arabian | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Armenian | 79 | 66 | 20 | 33 | 28 |
| Chinese | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| East Indian | 70 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 80 |
| Japanese | 443 | 511 | 535 | 180 | 218 |
| Korean | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Negro | 302 | 313 | 359 | 464 | 294 |
| Persian | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Syrian | 236 | 135 | 124 | 107 | 93 |
| Total, Non-European | 1,156 | 1,123 | 1,118 | 864 | 729 |
| Grand Total | 135,982 | 158,886 | 166,783 | 164,993 | 104,806 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | |||||
