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Intended destination and occupation of immigrants admitted to Canada 1956
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| Canada | British Columbia | Yukon and N.W.T. | Not Specified | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| number | |||||||||
| Managerial (Owners, managers, officials) | 952 | 44 | 996 | 149 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Professional | 6,687 | 2,656 | 9,343 | 682 | 317 | 4 | - | 196 | 38 |
| Accountants and auditors | 416 | 22 | 438 | 63 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Architects | 204 | 7 | 211 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 11 | - |
| Chemists (other than pharmacists) | 251 | 12 | 263 | 12 | - | - | - | 13 | 1 |
| Dentists | 29 | 2 | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Draughtsmen Bud designers | 1,185 | 68 | 1,253 | 55 | 9 | - | - | 17 | 7 |
| Aeronautical engineers | 133 | - | 133 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chemical engineers | 93 | - | 93 | 12 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| Civil engineers (and other prof. engineers n.e.s.) | 536 | - | 536 | 63 | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| Forestry engineers | 8 | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Electrical engineers | 459 | 1 | 460 | 24 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Mechanical engineers | 375 | 1 | 376 | 28 | - | - | - | 18 | 1 |
| Metallurgical engineers | 15 | - | 15 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mining engineers | 64 | - | 64 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Laboratory technicians and assistant | 269 | 124 | 393 | 23 | 13 | - | - | 17 | 2 |
| Graduate nurses | - | 1,248 | 1,248 | - | 114 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Physicians and surgeons | 364 | 51 | 415 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 28 | 4 |
| Teachers and professors | 461 | 567 | 1,028 | 112 | 100 | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Other professional workers | 1,825 | 553 | 2,378 | 212 | 75 | 3 | - | 47 | 14 |
| Clerical | 3,518 | 5,974 | 9,492 | 398 | 627 | 2 | 4 | 48 | 57 |
| Stenographers and typists | 66 | 3,680 | 3,746 | 4 | 386 | - | 1 | - | 26 |
| Other clerical workers | 3,452 | 2,294 | 5,746 | 394 | 241 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 31 |
| Transportation | 1,634 | 12 | 1,646 | 295 | - | 3 | - | 99 | 4 |
| Air pilots, captains and mates railway conductors, locomotive engineers etc | 179 | - | 179 | 40 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Other transportation workers | 1,455 | 12 | 1,467 | 165 | - | - | - | 98 | 4 |
| Communication workers | 292 | 317 | 609 | 31 | 37 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Commercial | 2,567 | 994 | 3,561 | 310 | 93 | 2 | - | 25 | 5 |
| Commercial travelers and sales-men | 1,704 | 52 | 1,756 | 189 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| Sales, clerks | 400 | 859 | 1,259 | 60 | 85 | - | - | 10 | 3 |
| Other trading workers | 463 | 83 | 546 | 61 | 3 | 1 | - | 9 | 2 |
| Financial workers | 252 | 16 | 262 | 30 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Service | 3,488 | 10,312 | 13,800 | 378 | 783 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 241 |
| Barbers, hairdressers, manicurists | 421 | 338 | 759 | 26 | 30 | - | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| Nurses aids | 141 | 623 | 764 | 18 | 65 | - | - | - | 16 |
| Cooks | 571 | 182 | 753 | 57 | 18 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 |
| Domestic servants | 103 | 8,601 | 8,704 | 15 | 603 | - | 5 | - | 197 |
| Other non-professional service workers | 2,252 | 568 | 2,820 | 262 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14 |
| Agricultural | 7,397 | 103 | 7,500 | 824 | 10 | 1 | - | 110 | 1 |
| Farmers and agriculturists | 126 | - | 126 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Farm laborers | 7,271 | 103 | 7,374 | 783 | 10 | 1 | - | 110 | 1 |
| Fishing, Trapping and Logging | 505 | - | 505 | 164 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Fishermen | 23 | - | 23 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trappers | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bushmen and lumbermen | 481 | - | 481 | 157 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mining | 1,142 | 2 | 1,144 | 163 | - | 8 | - | 69 | 2 |
| Miners | 1,087 | 1 | 1,088 | 100 | - | 8 | - | 67 | 1 |
| Oil field workers | 51 | - | 51 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Other workers in mines, quarries | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Manufacturing, Mechanical and Construction | 27,332 | 1,932 | 29,264 | 3,664 | 122 | 8 | 1 | 1,156 | 119 |
| Aircraft mechanics and repairmen | 236 | - | 236 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| Automobile mechanics and repairmen | 1,740 | 1 | 1,741 | 196 | - | - | - | 135 | 1 |
| Bakers | 806 | 9 | 815 | 82 | 1 | - | - | 16 | - |
| Blacksmiths, hammer men, forgemen | 198 | - | 198 | 22 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| Boilermakers, platers | 63 | - | 63 | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Brick and stone masons | 2,567 | - | 2,567 | 310 | - | - | - | 34 | - |
| Butchers: and meat cutters | 594 | 4 | 598 | 48 | - | - | - | 16 | 2 |
| Butter and cheese makers | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cabinet and furniture makers | 558 | - | 558 | 80 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Manufacturing Mechanical and Construction | |||||||||
| Carpenters | 2,821 | - | 2,821 | 451 | - | 1 | - | 54 | - |
| Compositors and typesetters | 190 | - | 190 | 19 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Construction and machinery operators | 179 | - | 179 | 25 | - | 3 | - | 6 | - |
| Coremakers | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dressmakers and seamstresses | 33 | 843 | 876 | 5 | 63 | - | - | 2 | 34 |
| Electricians and wiremen | 1,565 | - | 1,565 | 165 | - | 1 | - | 101 | - |
| Electroplaters | 70 | - | 70 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furriers | 103 | 12 | 115 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 9 | 1 |
| Glove makers | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Jewelers and watchmakers | 202 | 4 | 206 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| Leather cutters | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Machine operators | 962 | 14 | 976 | 64 | - | - | - | 105 | 2 |
| Machinists | 864 | 14 | 878 | 85 | 2 | - | - | 42 | - |
| Mechanics and repairmen | 1,942 | - | 1,942 | 187 | - | 1 | - | 146 | - |
| Metal fitters and assemblers | 1,654 | 12 | 1,666 | 161 | - | 1 | - | 93 | 2 |
| Milliners | 3 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Millwrights | 25 | - | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Moulders | 182 | - | 182 | 13 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Painters, decorator glaziers | 1,206 | - | 1,206 | 158 | - | - | - | 24 | - |
| Patternmakers | 81 | - | 81 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Photoengravers and lithographers | 39 | - | 39 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plasterers and lathers | 217 | - | 217 | 21 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Plumbers and pipe fitters | 752 | - | 752 | 104 | - | 1 | - | 26 | - |
| Printing and pressmen and plate printers | 180 | - | 181 | 11 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Radio repairmen | 325 | 1 | 329 | 29 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| Sawyers (wood) | 44 | 4 | 44 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sheet metal workers and tin-smiths | 290 | - | 290 | 24 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Shoemakers and shoe repairer | 456 | - | 456 | 45 | - | - | - | 15 | - |
| Spinners and weavers | 77 | - | 118 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 10 |
| Stationary engineers | 196 | 41 | 196 | 25 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Stonecutters and dressers | 16 | - | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tailors | 609 | - | 713 | 38 | 6 | - | - | 40 | 2 |
| Tanners | 23 | 104 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Toolmakers, die makers and setters | 718 | - | 718 | 49 | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Upholsterers | 228 | 9 | 237 | 13 | - | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| Welders and name cutters | 868 | 2 | 870 | 108 | - | - | - | 28 | 1 |
| Other workers in food products | 183 | 13 | 196 | 16 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| Other workers in rubber products | 45 | - | 45 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other workers in leather and leather products | 55 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 |
| Other workers in textiles | 150 | 80 | 230 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 19 | 17 |
| Other workers in clothing and textile goods | 81 | 262 | 343 | 1 | 15 | - | - | 6 | 9 |
| Other workers in wood products | 296 | 8 | 304 | 55 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Workers in pulp, paper and paper product | 43 | 3 | 46 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other workers in printing and publishing | 88 | 36 | 124 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Other metal workers | 460 | 7 | 467 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 22 | - |
| Other workers in non-metallic mineral products | 201 | 9 | 210 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 |
| Other manufacturing and mechanical workers | 1,425 | 401 | 1,826 | 136 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 20 |
| Other construction workers | 378 | - | 378 | 57 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Laborers (other than agricultural, fishing, logging and mining) | 12,292 | 190 | 12,482 | 1,146 | 20 | 6 | - | 407 | 7 |
| Not Stated | 319 | 116 | 435 | 33 | 12 | - | 1 | 23 | 4 |
| Totals, Workers | 68,377 | 22,662 | 91,039 | 7,457 | 2,028 | 38 | 14 | 2,191 | 479 |
| Dependants | |||||||||
| Wives | - | 30,547 | 30,547 | - | 3,361 | - | 27 | - | 524 |
| Children | 20,095 | 18,366 | 38,461 | 2,257 | 2,031 | 17 | 14 | 347 | 288 |
| Others | 1,069 | 3,741 | 4,810 | 156 | 522 | - | 8 | 33 | 21 |
| Totals, Immigration | 89,541 | 75,316 | 164,857 | 9,870 | 7,942 | 55 | 63 | 2,571 | 1,312 |
| 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, The Canada Year Book 1957. | |||||||||
