|
Immigrants admitted to Canada by Ethnic Origin 1896-1915
(Statistics Section - Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada)
Calendar Years 1896 to 1899 and Fiscal Years 1900 to
1906
Ethnic Origin
|
Calendar Years #
|
First 6 mos. 1900
|
Fiscal Years
|
Total
|
1896
|
1897
|
1898
|
1899
|
1900-01
|
1901-02
|
1902-03
|
1903-04
|
1904-05
|
1905-06
|
Arabian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
98
|
70
|
46
|
58
|
48
|
19
|
339
|
Armenian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
62
|
112
|
113
|
81
|
78
|
82
|
528
|
Austrian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
228
|
320
|
781
|
516
|
837
|
1,324
|
4,006
|
Belgian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
132
|
223
|
303
|
858
|
796
|
1,106
|
3,418
|
British |
12,384
|
11,383
|
11,608
|
10,660
|
5,141
|
11,813
|
17,275
|
42,198
|
51,029
|
65,887
|
87,741
|
327,119
|
English |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
9,331
|
12,783
|
32,087
|
36,003
|
48,847
|
65,135
|
204,186
|
Irish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
70
|
312
|
423
|
691
|
770
|
797
|
3,063
|
Scottish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
1,476
|
2,853
|
7,046
|
10,552
|
11,744
|
15,846
|
49,517
|
Welsh |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
933
|
1,311
|
2,236
|
3,128
|
3,998
|
5,018
|
16,624
|
N.E.S. * |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
3
|
16
|
406
|
655
|
528
|
945
|
2,553
|
Bulgarian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
1
|
7
|
14
|
2
|
71
|
95
|
Chinese |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
7
|
2
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
18
|
27
|
Danish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
88
|
163
|
308
|
417
|
461
|
474
|
1,911
|
East Indian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
45
|
387
|
432
|
Egyptian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
18
|
28
|
Finnish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
682
|
1,292
|
1,734
|
845
|
1,323
|
1,103
|
6,979
|
French |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
360
|
431
|
937
|
1,534
|
1,743
|
1,648
|
6,653
|
German |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
984
|
1,048
|
1,887
|
2,985
|
2,759
|
1,796
|
11,459
|
Greek |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
81
|
161
|
193
|
191
|
98
|
254
|
978
|
Hebrew |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
2,765
|
1,015
|
2,066
|
3,727
|
7,715
|
7,127
|
24,415
|
Hungarian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
546
|
1,048
|
2,074
|
1,091
|
981
|
739
|
6,479
|
Icelandic |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
912
|
260
|
917
|
396
|
413
|
168
|
3,066
|
Iranian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
1
|
40
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
61
|
Italian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
4,710
|
3,828
|
3,371
|
4,445
|
3,473
|
7,959
|
27,786
|
Japanese |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
6
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
354
|
1,922
|
2,282
|
Maltese |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
..
|
2
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
2
|
Negro |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
5
|
42
|
47
|
Netherlander |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
25
|
35
|
223
|
169
|
281
|
389
|
1,122
|
Norwegian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
265
|
1,015
|
1,746
|
1,239
|
1,397
|
1,415
|
7,077
|
Polish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
4,702
|
6,550
|
8,656
|
8,398
|
7,671
|
6,381
|
42,358
|
Portuguese |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
12
|
Roumanian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
152
|
551
|
438
|
619
|
270
|
396
|
2,426
|
Russian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
1,044
|
2,479
|
5,505
|
1,955
|
1,911
|
3,152
|
16,046
|
Spanish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
14
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
10
|
12
|
49
|
Swedish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
485
|
1,013
|
2,477
|
2,151
|
1,847
|
1,802
|
9,775
|
Swiss |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
30
|
17
|
73
|
128
|
150
|
172
|
570
|
Syrian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
464
|
1,066
|
847
|
369
|
630
|
336
|
3,712
|
Turkish |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
37
|
17
|
43
|
29
|
30
|
357
|
513
|
Ukranian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
3
|
266
|
269
|
Yugoslavian |
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
23
|
..
|
1,761
|
1,588
|
1,130
|
1,374
|
5,876
|
Others |
4,451
|
7,921
|
11,173
|
21,938
|
10,211
|
446
|
994
|
137
|
313
|
563
|
1,203
|
59,350
|
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
From the U.S.A. |
..
|
2,412
|
9,119
|
11,945
|
8,543
|
17,987
|
26,388
|
49,473
|
40,739
|
39,930
|
52,796
|
259,332
|
Total
|
16,835
|
21,716
|
31,900
|
44,543
|
23,895
|
49,149
|
67,379
|
128,364
|
125,899
|
142,853
|
184,064
|
836,597
|
# For the period 1896 to 1900, the distribution by ethnic origin is not
available
* Immigrants from British Colonies: Newfoundland, Jamaica, Bermuda and
West Indies.
Fiscal Years 1906 and 1907 & Calendar Years 1908
to 1915, inculsive
Ethnic Origins
|
Fiscal Years
|
Calendar Years
|
Total
|
1906-07
|
1907-08
|
1908
|
1909
|
1910
|
1911
|
1912
|
1913
|
1914
|
1915
|
Albanian |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
1
|
6
|
..
|
7
|
Arabian |
31
|
50
|
7
|
13
|
7
|
1
|
11
|
12
|
4
|
..
|
136
|
Armenian |
208
|
563
|
111
|
76
|
20
|
44
|
109
|
137
|
57
|
..
|
1,325
|
Austrian |
562
|
1,899
|
1,758
|
3,337
|
8,523
|
4,987
|
1,231
|
3,232
|
626
|
14
|
26,169
|
Belgian |
650
|
1,214
|
775
|
894
|
1,305
|
1,705
|
1,669
|
2,766
|
1,495
|
224
|
12,697
|
British |
57,099
|
123,940
|
58,512
|
56,148
|
115,855
|
147,770
|
147,619
|
158,398
|
50,755
|
9,907
|
926,003
|
English |
41,156
|
90,380
|
39,805
|
35,087
|
76,976
|
99,200
|
104,226
|
113,004
|
35,801
|
6,672
|
642,307
|
Irish |
3,404
|
6,547
|
3,718
|
3,647
|
6,432
|
8,419
|
9,242
|
10,542
|
3,942
|
865
|
56,758
|
Scottish |
10,729
|
22,223
|
11,676
|
13,010
|
27,938
|
34,686
|
30,413
|
31,426
|
9,430
|
1,952
|
193,483
|
Welsh |
502
|
1,032
|
528
|
600
|
1,292
|
1,771
|
1,978
|
2,012
|
706
|
117
|
10,538
|
N.E.S. * |
1,308
|
3,758
|
2,785
|
3,804
|
3,217
|
3,694
|
1,760
|
1,414
|
876
|
301
|
22,917
|
Bulgarian |
179
|
2,529
|
63
|
495
|
985
|
1,664
|
6,388
|
1,270
|
4,512
|
1
|
18,086
|
Chinese |
92
|
1,884
|
2,163
|
1,833
|
4,657
|
6,644
|
6,992
|
6,298
|
1,600
|
82
|
32,295
|
Czech & Slovak |
..
|
..
|
58
|
123
|
217
|
282
|
352
|
447
|
172
|
..
|
1,651
|
Danish |
297
|
290
|
146
|
254
|
476
|
602
|
848
|
868
|
419
|
163
|
4,363
|
East Indian |
2,124
|
2,623
|
296
|
5
|
..
|
3
|
5
|
88
|
..
|
1
|
5,145
|
Egyptian |
10
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
..
|
..
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
..
|
34
|
Finnish |
1,049
|
1,212
|
453
|
1,348
|
2,262
|
1,637
|
2,135
|
3,508
|
637
|
91
|
14,332
|
French |
3,314
|
2,671
|
1,944
|
1,633
|
1,980
|
2,169
|
2,673
|
2,668
|
1,568
|
191
|
18,811
|
German |
1,889
|
2,363
|
1,386
|
1,405
|
2,440
|
4,297
|
5,025
|
5,710
|
3,006
|
34
|
27,555
|
Greek |
545
|
1,053
|
174
|
461
|
784
|
584
|
1,523
|
898
|
1,506
|
124
|
7,652
|
Hebrew |
6,584
|
7,712
|
2,504
|
2,779
|
5,060
|
5,044
|
6,885
|
11,574
|
4,279
|
73
|
52,494
|
Hungarian |
499
|
1,307
|
453
|
692
|
992
|
703
|
1,210
|
2,113
|
562
|
..
|
8,531
|
Icelandic |
46
|
97
|
33
|
85
|
244
|
219
|
215
|
306
|
150
|
15
|
1,410
|
Iranian |
31
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
14
|
19
|
24
|
19
|
8
|
..
|
132
|
Italian |
5,114
|
11,212
|
4,006
|
6,919
|
8,181
|
7,218
|
14,265
|
27,704
|
7,365
|
365
|
92,349
|
Japanese |
2,042
|
7,601
|
858
|
244
|
420
|
727
|
675
|
886
|
681
|
380
|
14,514
|
Maltese |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
46
|
483
|
20
|
1
|
550
|
Mexican |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
12
|
9
|
..
|
..
|
21
|
Negro |
108
|
136
|
76
|
7
|
70
|
138
|
211
|
264
|
200
|
36
|
1,246
|
Netherlander |
394
|
1,212
|
480
|
570
|
1,036
|
1,080
|
1,359
|
1,710
|
735
|
182
|
8,758
|
Norwegian |
876
|
1,554
|
654
|
1,285
|
2,019
|
1,829
|
1,798
|
1,698
|
967
|
196
|
12,876
|
Polish |
2,685
|
15,861
|
7,346
|
4,092
|
5,454
|
6,028
|
10,077
|
13,339
|
2,373
|
7
|
67,262
|
Portuguese |
7
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
25
|
8
|
8
|
62
|
14
|
..
|
134
|
Roumanian |
432
|
949
|
368
|
307
|
443
|
761
|
1,136
|
1,530
|
442
|
5
|
6,371
|
Russian |
1,927
|
6,281
|
3,415
|
4,131
|
6,736
|
8,030
|
15,843
|
28,758
|
6,600
|
43
|
81,770
|
Spanish |
29
|
61
|
38
|
33
|
170
|
222
|
239
|
1,181
|
781
|
9
|
2,763
|
Swedish |
1,877
|
2,132
|
1,015
|
1,905
|
3,065
|
2,589
|
2,330
|
2,671
|
1,086
|
152
|
18,022
|
Swiss |
112
|
195
|
122
|
165
|
304
|
235
|
221
|
291
|
240
|
49
|
1,934
|
Syrian |
277
|
732
|
173
|
213
|
98
|
146
|
208
|
299
|
94
|
9
|
2,246
|
Turkish |
232
|
489
|
149
|
458
|
600
|
415
|
993
|
169
|
60
|
..
|
3,565
|
Ukranian |
303
|
912
|
234
|
274
|
2,874
|
10,631
|
19,222
|
18,907
|
6,504
|
..
|
59,861
|
Yugoslavian |
233
|
2,193
|
1,708
|
860
|
886
|
664
|
1,981
|
2,747
|
657
|
4
|
11,933
|
Others |
870
|
1,079
|
89
|
179
|
338
|
165
|
116
|
135
|
81
|
13
|
3,065
|
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
From the U.S.A. |
32,239
|
53,285
|
51,750
|
80,409
|
108,300
|
112,028
|
120,095
|
97,712
|
50,213
|
24,297
|
730,328
|
Total
|
122,165
|
257,309
|
143,326
|
173,694
|
286,839
|
331,288
|
375,756
|
400,870
|
150,484
|
36,665
|
2,278,396
|
* Immigrants from British Colonies: Newfoundland, Jamaica, Bermuda and
West Indies.
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