Statistics Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

Common menu bar links

Birthplaces of immigrant arrivals, 1963 to 1965

Archived Content

Information identified as archived is provided for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. It is not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards and has not been altered or updated since it was archived. Please contact us to request a format other than those available.

Birthplaces of immigrant arrivals, 1963 to 1965
  1963 1964 1965
  number
Commonwealth      
British Isles      
  England 14,268 17,383 24,233
  Northern Ireland 1,851 1,993 2,143
  Scotland 6,340 7,145 8,838
  Wales 551 750 1,127
  Lesser Isles 26 48 64
Total, British Isles 23,036 27,319 36,405
Australia 1,256 1,656 2,039
Canada 906 958 1,043
India 1,146 1,642 3,040
Malta 907 1,184 1,124
New Zealand 399 456 620
West Indies 2,576 2,578 3,844
Other Commonwealth 1,668 3,303 3,399
Total, Commonwealth 31,891 39,096 51,511
Republic of Ireland 905 1,048 1,443
Africa1 1,303 1,608 1,442
Asia1      
China 971 2,168 4,552
Japan 184 151 221
Other 585 647 2,052
Europe1      
Austria 565 680 803
Belgium 603 719 696
Czechoslovakia 234 268 385
Denmark 610 723 873
Finland 287 408 584
France 2,452 3,143 3,396
Germany 4,518 4,771 6,964
Greece 5,188 4,631 5,972
Hungary 952 973 1,144
Italy 15,474 20,578 28,118
Netherlands 1,696 1,893 2,327
Norway 290 282 324
Poland 2,004 2,371 2,477
Portugal 4,255 5,700 6,505
Romania 388 425 424
Spain 1,053 1,147 1,419
Switzerland 612 795 1,231
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics2 416 413 543
Yugoslavia 2,534 3,116 3,259
Other 491 474 548
Middle East1      
Egypt 1,583 1,946 1,653
Israel 308 439 490
Lebanon 367 299 492
Turkey 587 619 915
Other 124 153 561
North America1      
Mexico 105 127 147
United States 8,762 9,810 12,017
Other 240 240 279
South America1 515 736 977
Other 96 9 11
Grand total 93,151 112,606 146,758
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.