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Mother tongues of immigrants, 10 years of age or older, 1937 to 1946
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| 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | ||||||||||
| Albanian | 7 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armenian (Aramaic) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Bulgarian | 27 | 20 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Chinese | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Croatian (Serbian) | 438 | 460 | 185 | 43 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Czech (Bohemian) | 989 | 1,389 | 673 | 100 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 191 |
| Danish | 38 | 36 | 73 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 45 |
| East indian | 8 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| English | 6,643 | 7,142 | 7,431 | 8,206 | 7,497 | 6,023 | 6,518 | 9,054 | 15,853 | 48,120 |
| Estonian | - | 8 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Finnish | 65 | 56 | 60 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Flemish | 62 | 131 | 90 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 452 |
| French | 478 | 623 | 559 | 501 | 356 | 256 | 295 | 332 | 458 | 1,035 |
| Greek | 511 | 571 | 1,944 | 208 | 50 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 214 | 1,010 |
| German | 76 | 106 | 103 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 53 |
| Hungarian (Magyar) | 436 | 507 | 383 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 86 |
| Icelandic | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Italian | 367 | 337 | 183 | 105 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 67 |
| Japanese | 130 | 52 | 40 | 38 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lettish | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuanian | 43 | 40 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 58 | 95 | 190 | 56 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1,798 |
| Norwegian | 25 | 20 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 147 |
| Polish | 1,215 | 1,440 | 1,198 | 62 | 47 | 19 | 20 | 37 | 260 | 560 |
| Portuguese | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Roumanian | 103 | 142 | 90 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Russian | 42 | 29 | 88 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 46 |
| Russniak1 | 401 | 728 | 665 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Slovenian | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Spanish | 11 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| Swedish | 41 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| Syrian (Arabic) | 16 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Turkish | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Yiddish and Hebrew | 110 | 93 | 197 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 46 | 94 |
| Not given | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | 12,354 | 14,099 | 14,326 | 9,660 | 8,195 | 6,152 | 6,998 | 9,582 | 17,068 | 53,851 |
| Note: Dashes in this table indicate that no immigrants were reported for the corresponding stub item. | ||||||||||
| 1. Includes Ruthenian and Ukrainian. | ||||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||||||||
