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Languages of immigrants, ten years or older, calendar years 1931 to 1935
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| 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | |||||
| English | 15,869 | 11,037 | 7,524 | 6,059 | 5,367 |
| French | 1,028 | 992 | 562 | 467 | 507 |
| German | 624 | 506 | 378 | 370 | 274 |
| Norwegian | 68 | 74 | 34 | 33 | 29 |
| Swedish | 72 | 65 | 21 | 23 | 18 |
| Danish | 56 | 45 | 44 | 19 | 21 |
| Icelandic | - | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Flemish | 36 | 36 | 23 | 45 | 53 |
| Dutch | 39 | 33 | 21 | 36 | 26 |
| Finnish | 71 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 37 |
| Estonian | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lettish | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Lithuanian | 36 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 22 |
| Russian | 51 | 36 | 50 | 54 | 32 |
| Hebrew1 | 266 | 215 | 223 | 137 | 158 |
| Ruthenian, Russniak, Ukrainian | 211 | 164 | 149 | 205 | 184 |
| Polish | 421 | 390 | 505 | 688 | 707 |
| Roumanian | 39 | 32 | 29 | 45 | 64 |
| Slovenian | 10 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Czech (Bohemian) | 224 | 192 | 269 | 433 | 356 |
| Croatian (Serbian) | 111 | 120 | 114 | 189 | 214 |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | 300 | 211 | 314 | 290 | 234 |
| Italian | 420 | 273 | 227 | 261 | 265 |
| Spanish | 14 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 7 |
| Portuguese | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Greek | 52 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 44 |
| Albanian | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Turkish | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bulgarian | 17 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Chinese | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Japanese | 161 | 112 | 104 | 117 | 66 |
| East Indian | 48 | 48 | 30 | 29 | 21 |
| Armenian (Aramaic) | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Syrian (Arabic) | 15 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 |
| Total | 20,276 | 14,772 | 10,791 | 9,640 | 8,736 |
| 1. Includes those speaking Yiddish. | |||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1937. | |||||
