Nativity
Person

Country or place of birth of this person. If born in Canada give province. If Foreign born give Country.

[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp. xl]

Birthplace--The country of birth of each person is recorded, and in the case of Canadian-born the province of birth. This (a) differentiates the Canadian-born and British-born from the foreign-born, and (b) in the case of the Canadian-born, enables the movement of our native Canadian stock within the limits of Canada to be traced from time to time.

[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp.xiv]

Nativity
Father

Country or place of birth of this person. If born in Canada give province. If Foreign born give Country.
[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp. xl]

Nativity
Mother

Country or place of birth of this person. If born in Canada give province. If Foreign born give Country.
[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp. xl]

Nationality--Each person of Canadian citizenship or nationality, whether such by birth or by naturalization, is recorded as "Canadian." In the case of naturalized citizens, the year of naturalization is recorded. In the case of everyone born outside of Canada, the year of immigration to Canada is also recorded.

According to the Immigration Act of 1910, a "Canadian citizen" is
(i) any person born in Canada who has not become an alien;
(ii) a British subject who has Canadian domicile;
(iii) a person naturalized under the laws of Canada who has not subsequently become an alien or lost Canadian domicile.
[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp.xiv]

The racial origin of each person is recorded, the object of this question being to ascertain from what basic ethnic stocks the present Canadian population, more particularly the recently immigrated population, is derived. The answer "Canadian" under this heading is not accepted, as the purpose of the question is to obtain in so far as possible a definition of "Canadian" in terms of racial derivation. Of this procedure of the Census, the criticism received was on two main grounds: (a) That Canadians whose family is of three of more generations residence are enumerated and differentiated through the question on the birthplace of parents above described; (b) That notwithstanding the desirability of racial assimilation there are special features in connection with the process that require appraisement and study; for example, over 800 Chinese and Japanese children were born in Canada in 1921, whom it would not be expedient to enumerate solely on the basis of birthplace and nationaility. Again, the fact that the constitution of Canada is based on the presence of two dominant races points to the desirability of a measurement of these factors; it has been widely pointed out of late that the original French colony numbering 75,000 at the date of the Conquest had expanded to over three million on the continent of North America; measurements of this kind would be impossible if the answer "Canadian" instead of "French" were accepted under the heading of racial origin--yet the descendants of the original French colonists are "Canadians" by race if such race be held to exist. (c) Finally, racial origin is especially important in a "new"country like Canada, i.e., from the standpoint of the student of ethnology, criminology, and the social and "biometric" sciences in general.

[Sixth Census of Canada, 1921. Vol. 1. Population. Number, Sex and Distribution, Racial Origins, Religions. Ottawa: F.A. Acland Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1924. pp.xv]