1931
Questions | Reported Numbers | Bibliography
from Table 4. Birthplace of population classified by racial origin and sex, for provinces, 1931. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics Canada. Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Vol. 4. Cross-Classification. Ottawa: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1934. pp. 30-88]
|
Birthplace and Sex
|
Population
|
Asiatic [Races]
Chinese and Japanese |
Asiatic
Others |
Unspecified
and others |
|
Both Sexes
|
10,376,786
|
69,861
|
14,687
|
29,035
|
|
British Born
|
9,254,091
|
16,732
|
8,806
|
25,590
|
|
Canada
|
8,069,261
|
16,707
|
7,604
|
23,673
|
| Prince Edward Island |
99,738
|
2
|
99
|
126
|
| Nova Scotia |
507,235
|
61
|
839
|
7,544
|
| New Brunswick |
403,049
|
39
|
437
|
1,418
|
| Quebec |
2,696,122
|
302
|
2,370
|
1,475
|
| Ontario |
2,794,631
|
705
|
2,525
|
9,951
|
| Monitoba |
463,542
|
196
|
348
|
523
|
| Saskatchewan |
502,165
|
201
|
422
|
563
|
| Alberta |
336,674
|
651
|
169
|
800
|
| British Columbia |
247,741
|
14,503
|
352
|
625
|
| Yukon and N.W. Territories |
10,452
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
| Not stated |
7,912
|
44
|
40
|
643
|
|
British Isles
|
1,138,942
|
8
|
26
|
189
|
| England and Wales |
746,212
|
7
|
23
|
135
|
| Ireland |
107,544
|
--
|
1
|
9
|
| Scotland |
279,765
|
1
|
2
|
22
|
| Lesser Isles |
5,421
|
--
|
--
|
14
|
|
British Possessions
|
45,888
|
17
|
1,176
|
1,737
|
| Newfoundland |
26,410
|
--
|
11
|
37
|
| Other |
19,478
|
17
|
1,165
|
1,700
|
|
Foreign Born
|
1,122,695
|
53,129
|
5,881
|
3,445
|
|
Europe
|
714,462
|
11
|
171
|
113
|
| Austria |
37,391
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
| Belgium |
17,033
|
1
|
--
|
4
|
| Czechoslovakia |
22,835
|
--
|
3
|
8
|
| Finland |
30,354
|
--
|
5
|
4
|
| France |
16,756
|
1
|
48
|
10
|
| Germany |
39,163
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
| Holland |
10,736
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
| Hungary |
28,523
|
--
|
11
|
--
|
| Italy |
42,578
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
| Jugo-Slavia |
17,110
|
--
|
10
|
5
|
| Poland |
171,169
|
3
|
6
|
13
|
| Roumania |
40,322
|
--
|
11
|
6
|
| Russia |
114,406
|
2
|
30
|
10
|
| Scandinavian Counties |
90,042
|
1
|
--
|
3
|
| Ukraine |
13,759
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
| Other |
22,285
|
--
|
42
|
40
|
|
Asia
|
60,608
|
53,054
|
5,392
|
69
|
| China |
42,037
|
41,070
|
--
|
1
|
| Japan |
12,261
|
11,983
|
1
|
4
|
| Other |
6,310
|
1
|
5,391
|
64
|
| United States |
344,574
|
51
|
271
|
3,055
|
| Other countries |
3,051
|
13
|
47
|
208
|
from Table 19. Numerical and per cent distribution of the immigrant population classifed according to birthplace and province of residence, 1931. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics Canada. Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Vol. 4. Cross-Classification. Ottawa: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1934. pp. 394-399]
| Birthplace | Canada | P.E. Island |
Nova Scotia |
New Brunswick |
Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia |
Yukon and N.W.T. |
|
Both Sexes
|
|||||||||||
|
Immigrants
|
2,307,525
|
2,787
|
41,797
|
24,401
|
251,743
|
804,285
|
236,589
|
318,545
|
305,738
|
319,529
|
2,111
|
|
British Born
|
1,184,830
|
1,160
|
27,068
|
12,712
|
110,826
|
526,570
|
106,151
|
101,001
|
108,765
|
189,724
|
853
|
|
British Isles
|
1,138,942
|
910
|
14,542
|
11,388
|
103,679
|
514,400
|
104,876
|
99,730
|
106,781
|
181,873
|
763
|
|
British Possessions*
|
45,157
|
249
|
12,476
|
1,310
|
7,109
|
11,944
|
1,192
|
1,167
|
1,898
|
7,722
|
90
|
|
India
|
4,672
|
6
|
80
|
50
|
356
|
1,101
|
269
|
233
|
365
|
2,207
|
5
|
|
Foreign Born
|
1,122,695
|
1,627
|
14,729
|
11,689
|
140,917
|
277,715
|
130,438
|
217,544
|
196,973
|
129,805
|
1,258
|
|
Europe
|
714,462
|
179
|
6,561
|
2,468
|
86,337
|
195,099
|
110,458
|
140,389
|
113,636
|
58,809
|
526
|
|
Asia
|
60,608
|
66
|
696
|
390
|
4,544
|
9,322
|
1,865
|
3,809
|
4,121
|
35,746
|
49
|
|
Armenia
|
633
|
--
|
6
|
--
|
132
|
473
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
--
|
|
China
|
42,037
|
24
|
297
|
206
|
2,506
|
6,524
|
1,598
|
3,335
|
3,535
|
24,009
|
3
|
|
Japan
|
12,621
|
--
|
6
|
1
|
32
|
233
|
30
|
91
|
353
|
11,477
|
38
|
|
Syria
|
3,953
|
42
|
365
|
175
|
1,440
|
1,301
|
140
|
249
|
124
|
109
|
8
|
|
Turkey
|
921
|
--
|
4
|
3
|
238
|
492
|
33
|
49
|
59
|
43
|
--
|
|
Other
|
803
|
--
|
18
|
5
|
196
|
299
|
59
|
79
|
46
|
101
|
--
|
| Other Countries |
1,755
|
2
|
224
|
26
|
487
|
411
|
110
|
99
|
118
|
268
|
10
|
* British possessions included: Australia, India, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Other
from Table 40. Citizenship of foreign born, resident in Canada, classified by country of birth and of allegiance, for provinces, 1931. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics Canada. Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Vol. 4. Cross-Classification. Ottawa: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1934. pp. 666-697]
| Country of Allegiance |
Total |
Country of Birth
|
Country of Allegiance |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Europe | Asia | USA | Ot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | Bel- gium |
Czech and Slovak |
Den-mark | Fin-land | France | Ger-many | Greece | Ho-land | Hun-gary | Ice-land | Italy | Jugo-slav. | Lith-uania | Norway | Poland | Ro-mania | Russia | Swe-den | Switz. | Ukraine | Other | China | Japan | Other | |||||||
| Foreign Born | T |
122,695
|
37,391
|
17,033
|
22,835
|
17,217
|
30,354
|
16,756
|
39,163
|
5,579
|
10,736
|
28,523
|
5,731
|
42,578
|
17,110
|
5,704
|
3,2679
|
171,169
|
49,322
|
114,406
|
34,415
|
6,076
|
13,759
|
4,926
|
42,037
|
12,261
|
6,310
|
344,574
|
3051
|
T | Foreign Born |
| M |
667,129
|
22,269
|
9,706
|
16,702
|
12,183
|
18,472
|
8,924
|
23,743
|
4,154
|
6,844
|
18,706
|
2,845
|
27,309
|
12,674
|
3,638
|
22,055
|
10,1492
|
24,433
|
62,249
|
23,906
|
4,106
|
8,472
|
3,301
|
40,575
|
7,909
|
3,691
|
175,140
|
1,631
|
M | ||
| F |
455,566
|
15,122
|
7,327
|
6,133
|
5,034
|
11,882
|
7,832
|
15,420
|
1,425
|
3,892
|
9,817
|
2,886
|
15,279
|
4,436
|
2,066
|
10,624
|
69,677
|
15,889
|
52,157
|
10,509
|
1,970
|
5,287
|
1,625
|
1,462
|
4,352
|
2,619
|
169,434
|
1,420
|
F | ||
| Naturalized | T |
614,971
|
22,409
|
8,465
|
4,566
|
5,374
|
8,695
|
11,082
|
18,437
|
3,500
|
3,957
|
6,393
|
5,221
|
26,744
|
3,370
|
1,570
|
18,466
|
80,235
|
23,311
|
67521
|
20,565
|
2,513
|
6,145
|
2,474
|
2,946
|
4,576
|
4,597
|
249,595
|
2,244
|
T | Naturalized |
| M |
324,120
|
12,149
|
4,608
|
2,553
|
3,560
|
4,732
|
5,755
|
10,032
|
2,483
|
2,333
|
3,441
|
2,602
|
16,492
|
2,050
|
867
|
11,546
|
43,163
|
13,088
|
36,086
|
13,071
|
1,516
|
3,373
|
1,543
|
2,364
|
2,745
|
2,717
|
118,104
|
1,147
|
M | ||
| F |
290,851
|
10,260
|
3,857
|
2,013
|
1,814
|
3,963
|
5,327
|
8,405
|
1,017
|
1,624
|
2,952
|
2,619
|
10,252
|
1,320
|
703
|
6,920
|
37,072
|
10,223
|
31,435
|
7,494
|
997
|
2,772
|
931
|
582
|
1,831
|
1,880
|
131,491
|
1,097
|
F | ||
| Aliens | T |
507,724
|
14,982
|
8,568
|
18,269
|
11,843
|
21,659
|
5,674
|
20,726
|
2,079
|
6,779
|
22,130
|
510
|
15,834
|
13,740
|
4,134
|
14,213
|
90,934
|
17,011
|
46,885
|
13,850
|
3,563
|
7,614
|
2,452
|
39,091
|
7,685
|
1,713
|
94,979
|
807
|
T | Aliens |
| M |
343,000
|
10,120
|
5,098
|
14,149
|
8,623
|
13,740
|
3,169
|
13,711
|
1,671
|
4,511
|
15,265
|
243
|
10,817
|
10,624
|
2,771
|
10,509
|
58,329
|
11,345
|
26,163
|
10,835
|
2,590
|
5,099
|
1,758
|
38,211
|
5,164
|
974
|
57,036
|
484
|
M | ||
| F |
164,715
|
4,862
|
3,470
|
4,120
|
3,220
|
7,919
|
2,505
|
7,015
|
408
|
2,268
|
6,865
|
267
|
5,017
|
3,116
|
1,363
|
3,704
|
32,605
|
5,666
|
20,722
|
3,015
|
973
|
2,515
|
694
|
880
|
2,521
|
739
|
37,943
|
323
|
F | ||
| European Countries |
T |
363,754
|
14,828
|
8,483
|
18,180
|
11,558
|
21,545
|
5,550
|
20,060
|
2,032
|
6,715
|
22,070
|
472
|
15,687
|
13,687
|
4,116
|
13,374
|
90,431
|
16,871
|
46,008
|
13,195
|
3,497
|
7,589
|
2,250
|
121
|
11
|
198
|
4,822
|
404
|
T | European Countries |
| M |
240,747
|
10,036
|
5,059
|
14,103
|
8,460
|
13,695
|
3,120
|
13,386
|
1,637
|
4,474
|
15,240
|
223
|
10,732
|
10,590
|
2,759
|
10,042
|
58,056
|
11,286
|
25,755
|
10,459
|
2,554
|
5,084
|
1,616
|
67
|
8
|
104
|
1,991
|
211
|
M | ||
| F |
123,007
|
4,792
|
3,424
|
4,077
|
3,098
|
7,850
|
2,430
|
6,674
|
395
|
2,241
|
6,830
|
249
|
4,955
|
3,097
|
1,357
|
3,332
|
32,375
|
5,585
|
20,253
|
2,736
|
943
|
2,505
|
634
|
54
|
3
|
94
|
2,831
|
193
|
F | ||
|
Asiatic |
T |
48,072
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
9
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
--
|
6
|
3
|
8
|
--
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
38,490
|
7,658
|
1,,357
|
64
|
10
|
T |
Asiatic |
| M |
44,099
|
1
|
--
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
38,129
|
5,146
|
778
|
27
|
7
|
M | |||
| F |
3,973
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
--
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
--
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
811
|
2,512
|
565
|
37
|
3
|
F | ||
|
China
|
T |
38,993
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
2
|
5
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
--
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
38,939
|
7
|
3
|
15
|
6
|
T | China |
|
|
M |
38,150
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
38,128
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
M | |
|
|
F |
843
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
--
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
811
|
2
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
F | |
|
Japan
|
T |
7,680
|
--
|
1
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
7,651
|
1
|
22
|
2
|
T | Japan |
|
|
M |
5,154
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
5,141
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
M | |
|
|
F |
2,526
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
-
|
--
|
--
|
2,510
|
--
|
13
|
1
|
F | |
|
Others
|
T |
1,399
|
2
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
--
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
1,333
|
27
|
2
|
T | Others |
| M |
795
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
769
|
12
|
1
|
M | ||
| F |
604
|
2
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
564
|
15
|
1
|
F | ||
| United States |
T |
94,984
|
145
|
79
|
83
|
284
|
110
|
114
|
647
|
43
|
64
|
60
|
38
|
140
|
39
|
16
|
838
|
276
|
133
|
854
|
655
|
63
|
11
|
34
|
30
|
16
|
56
|
90,069
|
87
|
T | United States |
| M |
57,563
|
80
|
36
|
44
|
162
|
44
|
44
|
317
|
33
|
37
|
25
|
20
|
83
|
22
|
10
|
466
|
129
|
57
|
399
|
376
|
35
|
5
|
23
|
15
|
10
|
28
|
55,009
|
54
|
M | ||
| F |
37,421
|
65
|
43
|
39
|
122
|
66
|
70
|
330
|
10
|
27
|
35
|
18
|
57
|
17
|
6
|
372
|
147
|
76
|
455
|
279
|
28
|
6
|
11
|
15
|
6
|
28
|
35,060
|
33
|
F | ||
| Others | T |
914
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
10
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
221
|
4
|
15
|
--
|
2
|
11
|
163
|
11
|
--
|
122
|
24
|
306
|
T | Others |
| M |
600
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
6
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
11
|
1
|
1
|
144
|
2
|
6
|
--
|
1
|
10
|
117
|
--
|
--
|
70
|
9
|
212
|
M | ||
| F |
314
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
--
|
--
|
2
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
4
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
77
|
2
|
9
|
--
|
1
|
1
|
46
|
--
|
--
|
52
|
15
|
94
|
F | ||
from Table 41. Citizenship of the alien population, resident in Canada, classified by country of allegiance and racial origin, for provinces, 1931. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics Canada. Seventh Census of Canada, 1931. Vol. 4. Cross-Classification. Ottawa: J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1934. pp. 698-709.]
| Country of Allegiance |
All Races |
British Races
|
European Races
|
Asiatic
Races |
Indian and
Eskimo |
Unspecified and
Others |
Country of Allegiance
|
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| English | Irish | Scottish | Other | French | Austrian | Belgian | Czech and Slovak | Dutch | Finnish | German | Hebrew | Hungarian | Italian | Jugo-Slavic | Polish | Roumanian | Russian | Scandinavian | Ukrainian | Other | Chinese and Japanese |
Other | |||||
| Total |
529,139
|
31,288
|
15,879
|
11,958
|
1,250
|
19,114
|
11,307
|
8,290
|
16,841
|
15,381
|
21,918
|
65,416
|
27,373
|
23,001
|
17,344
|
10,443
|
48,744
|
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