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Birthplaces of immigrant arrivals, 1963 to 1965
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| 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 |
| Note: Figures from 1942 are given in the corresponding table of previous Canada Year Books beginning with the Canada Year Book, 1948/1949. | |||
| 1. Excludes Commonwealth countries. | |||
| 2. In both Europe and Asia. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | |||
