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Immigrant admissions, by country of last permanent residence, 1952 to 1956

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Immigrant admissions, by country of last permanent residence, 1952 to 1956
	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
	number
British IsIes
England	31,776	31,929	29,618	21,813	36,422
Northern Ireland	2,671	4,255	2,889	1,397	2,967
Scotland	10,025	9,683	9,919	5,472	10,055
Wales	588	707	694	546	802
Total, British Isles	45,060	46,574	43,120	29,228	50,246
Other Commonwealth	3,473	4,238	5,031	4,702	5,335
Total, Commonwealth	48,533	50,812	48,151	33,930	55,581
Republic of Ireland
Continental Europe	947	2,121	2,059	1,038	2,229
Czechoslovakia	514	27	16	30	30
France	5,395	4,045	3,672	2,869	3,809
Germany	25,716	34,193	28,479	17,630	26,061
Italy	20,651	23,704	23,780	19,139	27,939
Netherlands	21,068	20,341	16,182	6,759	7,792
Poland	3,358	136	45	113	186
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics¹	1,969	69	24	4	14
Other European countries	19,253	17,750	17,144	13,394	26,699
United States²	9,333	9,407	10,131	10,395	9,777
Other countries	7,761	6,263	4,544	4,645	4,740
Total, all countries	164,498	168,868	154,327	109,946	164,857
Note: Comparable figures for 1946 to 1949 are given in the Canada Year Book, 1951, p. 143 and those for 1950 and 1951 in the Canada Year Book, 1956, p. 182; figures in less detail for 1939 to 1945 appear in the 1950 edition, p. 186.
1. In both Europe and Asia.
2. Includes U.S. citizens on permit who are applying for permanent residence.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book,1957/1958.