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Oriental immigration to Canada, 1906 to 1946
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| Chinese | Japanese | East Indian | Total Oriental immigrants | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | ||||
| 1906 | 70 | 2,996 | 2,326 | 5,392 |
| 1907 | 1,542 | 8,196 | 2,423 | 12,161 |
| 1908 | 2,163 | 869 | 309 | 3,341 |
| 1909 | 1,883 | 264 | 24 | 2,171 |
| 1910 | 4,667 | 429 | 16 | 5,112 |
| 1911 | 6,660 | 735 | 7 | 7,402 |
| 1912 | 6,995 | 682 | 5 | 7,682 |
| 1913 | 6,227 | 901 | 88 | 7,216 |
| 1914 | 1,600 | 684 | - | 2,284 |
| 1915 | 82 | 384 | 1 | 467 |
| 1916 | 313 | 555 | - | 868 |
| 1917 | 547 | 890 | - | 1,437 |
| 1918 | 2,988 | 1,039 | - | 4,027 |
| 1919 | 2,084 | 894 | - | 2,978 |
| 1920 | 1,329 | 526 | 9 | 1,864 |
| 1921 | 2,732 | 483 | 11 | 3,226 |
| 1922 | 810 | 395 | 22 | 1,227 |
| 1923 | 811 | 405 | 30 | 1,246 |
| 1924 | 7 | 511 | 49 | 567 |
| 1925 | - | 424 | 58 | 482 |
| 1926 | - | 443 | 70 | 513 |
| 1927 | 2 | 511 | 56 | 569 |
| 1928 | 1 | 535 | 56 | 592 |
| 1929 | 1 | 180 | 49 | 230 |
| 1930 | - | 218 | 80 | 298 |
| 1931 | - | 174 | 52 | 226 |
| 1932 | 1 | 119 | 61 | 181 |
| 1933 | 1 | 106 | 36 | 143 |
| 1934 | 1 | 126 | 33 | 160 |
| 1935 | - | 70 | 26 | 96 |
| 1936 | - | 103 | 13 | 116 |
| 1937 | 1 | 146 | 11 | 158 |
| 1938 | - | 57 | 9 | 66 |
| 1939 | - | 44 | 19 | 63 |
| 1940 | - | 44 | 6 | 50 |
| 1941 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1942 | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 1943 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1944 | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1946 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Note: Many terms used in the Canada Year Books are no longer used today for reasons such as their offensive connotations, changes in place name or organization name, or terms becoming obsolete. These terms have been left as they appear in the original yearbooks. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||
