Canada 1961

Questions | Reported Numbers

Questions

Questions Options Appearing on Questionairre
Definition or Description
 Column/
Question Number
In what province (or country) were you born? (If outside Canada, give country according to present boundaries.) Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Roumania, Scotland, Seden, Switzerland, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Wales, Yugoslavia, If not listed, write here: ___ For the native-born population, the province or territory of birth was recorded. For those born outside of Canada, the country of birth, as it was constituted at June 1, 1961 was shown. 7
In what year did you immigrate to Canada? Born in Canada, Before 1921, 1921-1930, 1931-1940, 1941-1950. 1951-1960, 1961 In addition to the census inquiry on birthplace, a further question relating to period of immigration was asked of each person born outside of Canada. Tables 58 to 62 show the immigrant population according to the time period in which they first arrived in Canada. 8
Country of citizenship
Are you a Canadian?
(If not, of what country are you a national or citizen?)		 Canada, United Kingdom, U.S.A., Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, U.S.S.R., If not listed, write here: ___

The census inquiry on citizenship refers to the country to which the person owes allegiance and has citizenship rights. In the 1961 Census, everyone was asked the question "Are you a Canadian?" Those answering "No" were asked an additional question, viz., "If not, of what country are you a national or citizen?"

Instructions to Enumerators provided a summary of the main provision of the Canadian Citizenship Act as a guide in cases of persons uncertain of their citizenship status. Briefly, the following persons were considered to be citizens of Canada in 1961, providing they had not otherwise lost their citizenship:

a) Persons born in Canada

b) Persons born in the U.K. or other Commonwealth countries who had completed five years residence in Canada before January 1, 1947 or obtained a citizenship certificate. (Those born outside the British Commonwealth must have obtained naturalization papers in addition to the above residence requirments or obtained a citizenship certificate after January 1, 1947.)

c) Any woman who married a Canadian and came to Canada before January 1, 1947 or obtained a citizenship certificate after that date.

d) Any person whose father was a Canadian citizen at the time of his birth; and the person
i) was under 21 years of age at the census date, or
ii) asserted his Canadian citizenship before his 24th birthday or was a resident of Canada at the time

 

 9
To what ethnic or cultural group did you or your ancestor (on the male side) belong on coming to this continent? Austrian, Belgian, Czech, Danish, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Lithuanian, Negro, Netherlands, Norwegian, Polish, Roumanian, Russian, Scottish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukraninian, Welsh, Yugoslavic, Native Indian, Band member, Non-Band member, If not listed, write here: __ In the census, a person's ethnic group is traced through his father. In 1961, each person was asked the question "To what ethnic group did you or your ancestor (on the male side) belong on coming to this continent?" The language spoken at that time by the person, or his paternal ancestor, was used as an aid in determining the person's ethnic group. Special instructions were provided where the language criterion was not applicable. 10
What is your religion? Adventist, Anglican, Baptist, Christian Science, Greek Orthodox, Jehovah's Witnesse, Jewish, Lutheran, Mennonite, Mormon, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Ukranian Catholic, United Church, If not listed, write here: ____ Enumerators, in the 1961 Census, were instructed to record the specific religious body, denomination, sect or community reported in answer to the question "What is your religion?" Thus, census figures do not measure church membership or indicate the degree of affiliation with any religious body. Also, Enumerators were instructed to accept without question the denomination reported by respondents. They were to inquire more fully when "Christian", "Protestant", "Believer", etc. were reported but were to accept these if a specific denomination could not be given. Further, if a person stated he had no religion, the entry "none" was recorded. 11
What language did you first learn in childhood and still understand? English, French, Danish, Finnish, German, Indian or Eskimo, Italian, Magyar, Netherlands, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Ukranian, Yiddish, If not listed, write here: ___ In the census "mother tongue" was defined as the language first learned in childhood and still understood. In the case of infants the language commonly spoken at home was recorded. 12
Can you speak English? French? English only, French only, Both English and French, Neither English nor French Every person in Canada was asked whether he could speak English and whether he could speak French--the two "official" languages in Canada. Persons shown as speaking "English only" or "French only" in Tables 63 to 71 may also speak other languages and have a mother tongue other than English or French. 13

[ Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Introductory Report to Volume I (Part 2). Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962.]

Reported Numbers

Percentage Distribution of the Population by Ethnic Groups, Canada, 1901-1961. [ Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Ethnic Groups. Bulletin 1.2-5. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962.]

Ethnic Group
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
CANADA
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
British Isles
57.0
55.5
55.4
51.9
49.7
47.9
43.8
Other European
39.2
41.7
42.1
45.8
48.0
49.1
53.0
Asiatic
0.4
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.7
Chinese
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.3
Japanese
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
Other
*
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
Other
3.3
2.2
1.7
1.5
1.6
2.5
2.5

* Less than 0.05 p.c.

from Table 34. Population by Ethnic Groups, for Canada, 1901-1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Ethnic Groups. Bulletin 1.2-5. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. pp. 34-1.]

Ethnic Group
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
CANADA
5,371,315
7,206,643
8,787,949
10,376,786
11,506,655
14,009,429
18,238,247
British Isles
3,063,195
3,999,081
4,868,738
5,381,071
5,715,904
6,709,685
7,996,669
Other European
2,107,327
3,006,502
3,699,846
4,753,242
5,526,964
6,872,889
9,657,195
Asiatic
23,731
43,213
65,914
84,548
74,064
72,827
121,753
Chinese
17,312
27,831
39,587
46,519
34,627
32,528
58,197
Japanese
4,738
9,067
15,868
23,342
23,149
21,663
29,157
Other
1,681
6,315
10,459
14,687
16,288
18,636
34,399
Other
177,062
157,847
153,451
157,925
189,723
354,028
462,630

from Table 35. Population by Ethnic Groups and Sex, for Provinces and Territorries, 1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Ethnic Groups. Bulletin 1.2-5. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. pp. 35-1-35-2. ]

Ethnic Group and Sex
 Canada New-found-land Prince
Edward
Island		 Nova
Scotia		 New
Bruns-wick		 Quebec Ontario Mani-toba Saskat-chewan Alberta British
Columbia		 Yukon North-west
Terri-tories
POPULATION T
18,238,247
457,853
104,629
737,007
597,936
5,259,211
6,236,092
921,686
925,181
1,331,944
1,629,082
14,628
22,998
M
9,218,893
234,924
53,357
374,244
302,440
2,631,856
3,134,528
468,503
479,564
689,383
829,094
8,178
12,822
F
9,019,354
222,929
51,272
362,763
295,496
2,627,355
3,101,564
453,183
445,617
642,561
799,988
6,450
10,176
British Isles T
7,996,669
428,899
83,501
525,448
329,940
567,057
3,711,536
396,445
373,482
601,755
966,881
6,946
4,779
M
3,993,713
219,449
42,410
265,474
166,548
279,933
1,832,246
199,368
192,280
307,490
481,706
3,810
2,999
F
4,002,956
209,450
41,091
259,974
163,392
287,124
1,879,290
197,077
181,202
294,265
485,175
3,136
1,780
Other
European		 T
9,657,195
22,325
20,277
182,614
258,257
4,642,961
2,298,031
484,475
510,362
674,108
554,712
4,953
4,120
M
4,920,287
11,892
10,494
93,819
130,748
2,326,429
1,185,787
248,018
265,774
352,342
289,443
2,986
2,555
F
4,736,908
10,433
9,783
88,795
127,509
2,316,532
1,112,244
236,457
244,588
321,766
265,269
1,967
1,565
Asiatic T
121,753
933
295
2,979
1,343
14,801
39,277
4,177
4,925
12,503
40,299
152
69
M
69,698
525
158
1,665
724
8,317
21,751
2,468
2,955
7,246
23,728
110
51
F
52,055
408
137
1,314
619
6,484
17,526
1,709
1,970
5,257
16,571
42
18
Chinese
 T
58,197
445
43
637
274
4,749
15,155
1,936
3,660
6,937
24,227
100
34
M
36,075
276
22
393
168
2,961
9,320
1,295
2,268
4,312
14,957
79
24
F
22,122
169
21
244
106
1,788
5,835
641
1,392
2,625
9,270
21
10
East Indian
 T
6,774
17
1
46
22
483
1,155
198
115
208
4,526
1
2
M
4,122
10
1
29
13
299
650
119
71
128
2,800
--
2
F
2,652
7
--
17
9
184
505
79
44
80
1,726
1
--
Japanese
 T
29,157
3
--
28
18
1,459
11,870
1,296
280
3,721
10,424
32
26
M
15,059
1
--
15
7
751
6,152
659
153
1,914
5,370
19
18
F
14,098
2
--
13
11
708
5,718
637
127
1,807
5,054
13
8
Syrian-Lebanese
 T
19,374
417
240
2,153
984
5,302
7,137
590
678
1,327
530
12
4
M
10,112
213
129
1,157
505
2,817
3,632
304
354
720
270
7
4
F
9,262
204
111
996
479
2,485
3,505
286
324
607
260
5
--
Other
 T
8,251
51
11
115
45
2,808
3,960
157
192
310
592
7
3
M
4,330
25
6
71
31
1,489
1,997
91
109
172
331
5
3
F
3,921
26
5
44
14
1,319
1,963
66
83
138
261
2
--
Other T
462,630
5,696
556
25,966
8,396
34,392
187,248
36,589
36,412
43,578
67,190
2,577
14,030
M
235,195
3,058
295
13,286
4,420
17,177
94,744
18,649
18,555
22,305
34,217
1,272
7,217
F
227,435
2,638
261
12,680
3,976
17,215
92,504
17,940
17,857
21,273
32,973
1,305
6,813

Percentage Distribution of the Population by Religious Denomination, Canada, 1901-1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Religious Denominations. Bulletin 1.2-6. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. inner cover]

Religious Denomination
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
CANADA (1)
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Adventist
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
Anglican Church of Canada
12.8
14.5
16.1
15.8
15.2
14.7
13.2
Baptist
5.9
5.3
4.8
4.3
4.2
3.7
3.3
Buddhist
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
Christian and
Missionary Alliance
--
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
0.1
Christian Science
(2)
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
Churches of Christ, Disciples
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
Confucian
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
(2)
(2)
Congregationalist
0.5
0.5
0.4
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
Doukhobor
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Free Methodist
Church of Canada
--
--
--
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Greek Orthodox
0.3 (4)
1.2 (4)
1.9 (4)
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.3

Jehovah's Witness
(2)
(2)
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.4
Jewish
0.3
1.0
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
Lutheran
1.8
3.2
3.3
3.8
3.5
3.2
3.6
Mennonite (5)
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.9
1.0
0.9
0.8
Methodist
17.2
15.1
13.2
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
Mormon
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
Pentecostal
--
(2)
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.8
Presbyterian
15.8
15.6
16.1
8.4
7.2
5.6
4.5
Roman Catholic
41.7
39.4
38.7
39.5
41.8
43.3
45.7
Salvation Army
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.5
Ukranian (Greek) Catholic
(4)
(4)
(4)
1.8 (6)
1.6 (6)
1.4 (6)
1.0 (6)
Unitarian
(2)
(2)
0.1
(2)
(2)
(2)
0.1
United Church of Canada
--
--
0.1
19.5
19.2
20.5
20.1
Other
1.7
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.7
2.3

(1) Exclusive of Newfoundland in censuses prior to 1951.
(2) Less than 0.05 p.c.
(3) Included with "United Church of Canada."
(4) "Greek Catholic" and "Greek Orthodox" combined under "Greek Church."
(5) Includes "Hutterites."
(6) Includes "Other Greek Catholic."

from Table 41. Population by Religious Denominations, Canada, 1901-1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Religious Denominations. Bulletin 1.2-6. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. pp. 41-1]

Religious Denomination
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
CANADA (1)
5,371,315
7,206,643
8,787,949
10,376,786
11,506,655
14,009,429
18,238,247
Adventist
8,092
10,462
14,200
16,058
18,485
21,398
25,999
Anglican Church of Canada
689,540
1,048,002
1,410,632
1,639,075
1,754,368
2,060,720
2,409,068
Baptist
319,234
384,152
422,312
443,944
484,465
519,585
593,553
Buddhist
10,531
10,072
11,316
15,921
15,676
8,184
11,611
Christian and
Missionary Alliance
--
128
283
3,560
4,214
6,396
18,006
Christian Science
2,644
5,099
13,856
18,499
20,261
20,795
19,466
Churches of Christ, Disciples
17,250
14,610
13,125
15,831
21,260
14,920
19,512
Confucian
5,171
14,652
27,185
24,253
22,282
5,791
5,089
Congregationalist
28,504
34,215
30,788
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Doukhobor
8,858
10,616
12,674
14,978
16,878
13,175
13,234
Free Methodist
Church of Canada
--
--
--
7,740
8,805
8,921
14,245
Greek Orthodox
15,909 (3)
89,323 (3)
170,069 (3)
102,529
139,845
172,271
239,766

Jehovah's Witness
101
938
6,689
13,582
7,007
34,596
68,018
Jewish
16,493
74,760
125,445
155,766
168,585
204,836
254,368
Lutheran
94,110
231,883
286,891
394,920
401,836
444,923
662,744
Mennonite (4)
31,949
44,972
58,874
88,837
111,554
125,938
152,452
Methodist
924,750
1,084,695
1,161,165
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Mormon
7,061
16,115
19,657
22,041
25,328
32,888
50,016
Pentecostal
--
515
7,012
26,349
57,742
95,131
143,877
Presbyterian
847,635
1,121,394
1,411,794
872,428
830,597
781,747
818,558
Roman Catholic
2,238,955
2,841,881
3,399,011
4,102,960
4,806,431
6,069,496
8,342,826
Salvation Army
10,360
18,909
24,771
30,773
33,609
70,275
92,054
Ukranian (Greek) Catholic
(3)
(3)
(3)
186,879 (5)
185,948 (5)
191,051 (5)
189,653 (5)
Unitarian
2,032
3,275
4,943
4,453
5,584
3,517
15,062
United Church of Canada
--
--
8,739
2,021,065
2,208,658
2,867,271
3,664,008
Other
92,136
145,975
146,518
154,345
157,237
235,604
415,062

(1) Exclusive to Newfoundland in censuses prior to 1951.
(2) Included with "United Church of Canada."
(3) "Greek Catholic" and "Greek Orthodox" combined under "Greek Church."
(4) Includes "Hutterites."
(5) Includes "Other Greek Catholic."

from Table 42. Population by Religious Denomination and Sex, for Provinces and Territories, 1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Religious Denominations. Bulletin 1.2-6. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. pp. 42-1-42-2. ]

Religious
Denomination and Sex		 Canada New-found-land Prince
Edward
Island		 Nova
Scotia		 New
Bruns-wick		 Quebec Ontario Mani-toba Saskat-chewan Alberta British
Columbia		 Yukon North-west
Terri-tories
POPULATION T
18,238,247
457,853
10,4629
737,007
597,936
5,259,211
6,236,092
921,686
925,181
1,331,944
1,629,082
14,628
22,998
M
9,218,893
234,924
53,357
374,244
302,440
2,631,856
3,134,528
468,503
479,564
689,383
829,094
8,178
12,822
F
9,019,354
222,929
51,272
362,763
295,496
2,627,355
3,101,564
453,183
445,617
642,561
799,988
6,450
10,176
Adventist T
25,999
595
89
1,500
1,221
927
6,389
1,234
2,522
5,187
6,320
6
9
M
12,348
272
48
707
591
438
2,924
550
1,259
2,560
2,988
5
6
F
13,651
323
41
793
630
489
3,465
684
1,263
2,627
3,332
1
3
Anglican
Church of Canada		 T
2,409,068
130,688
6,085
133,247
68,165
193,849
1,117,862
127,487
94,593
156,630
367,096
4,516
8,850
M
1,197,311
67,126
3,035
67,905
34,309
95,677
550,710
63,661
48,433
79,335
180,127
2,294
4,699
F
1,211,757
63,562
3,050
65,342
33,856
98,172
567,152
63,826
46,160
77,295
186,969
2,222
4,151
Baptist T
593,553
693
5,942
101,093
94,070
15,174
250,343
17,247
16,184
42,430
49,481
710
186
M
295,505
365
2,961
51,083
47,675
7,640
122,673
8,579
8,272
21,482
24,290
364
121
F
298,048
328
2,981
50,010
46,395
7,534
127,670
8,668
7,912
20,948
25,191
346
65
Brethren
in Christ		 T
16,256
45
47
298
404
471
10,822
385
573
1,032
2,162
16
1
M
7,906
30
26
126
195
222
5,321
163
281
520
1,012
10
--
F
8,350
15
21
172
209
249
5,501
222
292
512
1,150
6
1
Buddhist T
11,611
1
2
12
11
548
3,320
610
86
1,987
5,021
7
6
M
6,259
1
1
3
7
319
1,803
298
50
1,034
2,733
5
5
F
5,352
--
1
9
4
229
1,517
312
36
953
2,288
2
1
Christian Missionary
Alliance 		T
18,006
55
2
77
87
129
5,472
755
3406
4,496
3,512
11
4
M
8,668
25
1
37
43
68
2,590
368
1,657
2,177
1,693
8
1
F
9,338
30
1
40
44
61
2,882
387
1,749
2,319
1,819
3
3
Christian
Reformed
 T
62,257
6
91
580
93
217
40,950
1,965
368
11,152
6,816
18
1
M
32,851
6
52
311
45
117
21,626
1,036
200
5,880
3,566
11
1
F
29,406
--
39
269
48
100
19,324
929
168
5,272
3,250
7
--
Christian
Science 		T
19,466
50
40
208
261
1,575
8,063
1,176
731
1,783
5,561
12
6
M
8,256
23
20
88
119
734
3,400
501
324
800
2,236
7
4
F
11,210
27
20
120
142
841
4,663
675
407
983
3,325
5
2
Churches of
Christ, Disciples		 T
19,512
119
1,182
1,655
1,456
147
8,957
991
1,595
2,688
715
7
--
M
9,462
58
589
816
734
73
4,293
455
767
1,343
330
4
--
F
10,050
61
593
839
722
74
4,664
536
828
1,345
385
3
--
Church of the
Nazarene 		T
13,412
8
526
777
350
92
3,712
176
1,117
5,127
1466
60
1
M
6,402
4
260
371
159
44
1,799
79
532
2,424
698
32
--
F
7,010
4
266
406
191
48
1,913
97
585
2,703
768
28
1
Confucian T
5,089
2
--
10
4
385
826
132
301
538
2,872
13
6
M
3,529
2
--
6
3
244
542
92
191
418
2,014
11
6
F
1,560
--
--
4
1
141
284
40
110
120
858
2
--
Doukhobor T
13,234
1
1
1
--
58
109
56
3,202
800
9,006
--
--
M
6,872
1
--
--
--
29
60
31
1,726
410
4,615
--
--
F
6,362
--
1
1
--
29
49
25
1,476
390
4,391
--
--
Evangelical
United Brethren		 T
27,079
13
1
67
23
170
14,678
874
2,440
6,161
2,650
2
--
M
13,448
8
1
33
12
76
7,261
413
1,248
3,091
1,303
2
--
F
13,631
5
--
34
11
94
7,417
461
1,192
3,070
1,347
--
--
Free Methodist
Church of Canada		 T
14,245
6
3
11
1
386
11,034
286
1,322
453
740
3
--
M
7,088
5
2
10
1
204
5,487
152
658
225
343
1
--
F
7,157
1
1
1
--
182
5,547
134
664
228
397
2
--
Greek Orthodox T
239,766
49
26
802
170
32,237
83,565
27,434
32,166
47,353
15,667
124
173
M
130980
36
16
467
106
17,053
46,263
14,756
17,471
25,716
8,879
83
134
F
108,786
13
10
335
64
15,184
37,302
12,678
14,695
21,637
6,788
41
39

Jehovah's Witness

 T
68,018
1,145
250
2749
1,333
4,287
23,921
4,580
75,64
7,523
14,583
54
29
M
32,522
548
128
1,283
652
2,070
11,275
2,194
3,788
3,704
6,834
26
20
F
35,496
597
122
1,466
681
2,217
12,646
2,386
3,776
3,819
7,749
28
9
Jewish T
254,368
253
22
2,230
1,218
104,727
109,344
19981
2,710
6,045
7,816
1
21
M
128,894
144
12
1,172
641
53,066
55,340
9,915
1,460
3,154
3,774
--
16
F
125,474
109
10
1,058
577
51,661
54,004
10,066
1,250
2,891
3,842
1
5
Lutheran T
662,744
570
99
11,505
1,771
22,857
242,636
63,735
95,311
122,520
100,393
871
476
M
350,087
320
56
6,022
960
11,514
125,062
33,137
51,035
66,219
54,862
568
332
F
312,657
250
43
5,483
811
11,343
117,574
30,598
44,276
56,301
45,531
303
144
Mennonite T
152,452
39
1
31
5
197
30,948
56,823
28,174
16,269
19,932
14
19
M
76,327
16
1
18
2
117
15,401
28,499
14,265
8,271
9,723
7
7
F
76,125
23
--
13
3
80
15,547
28,324
13,909
7,998
10,209
7
12
Mormon T
50,016
83
8
393
161
557
14,326
888
1,902
25,537
6,116
25
20
M
24,684
38
3
192
80
285
6,928
455
962
12,671
3,043
14
13
F
25,332
45
5
201
81
272
7,398
433
940
12,866
3,073
11
7
Pentecostal T
143,877
20,361
424
4,618
12,059
5,730
48,168
7,825
9,150
15,112
19,998
106
326
M
70,401
10,310
216
2,275
5,952
2,760
23,405
3,715
4,452
7,520
9,579
54
163
F
73,476
10,051
208
2,343
6,107
2,970
24,763
4,110
4,698
7,592
10,419
52
163
Plymouth Brethren T
12,326
146
225
356
244
885
5,569
668
503
685
3,030
10
5
M
5,923
68
99
165
116
423
2,721
308
260
322
1,429
8
4
F
6,403
78
126
191
128
462
2,848
360
243
363
1,601
2
1
Presbyterian T
818,558
2,510
12,744
41,063
13,546
55,955
491,436
29,661
25,080
55,337
90,093
823
310
M
416,160
1,293
6,540
21,350
7,073
27,612
245,683
15,684
13,581
29,290
47,342
486
226
F
402,398
1,217
6,204
19,713
6,473
28,343
245,753
13,977
11,499
26,047
42,751
337
84
Roman Catholic T
8,342,826
163,618
48,256
260,104
310,607
4,635,610
1,873,110
210,871
242,888
298,741
285,184
3,981
9,856
M
4,222,515
84,149
24,813
132,291
157,483
2,319,812
957,535
108,199
125,555
155,643
149,307
2,338
5,390
F
4,120,311
79,469
23,443
127,813
153,124
2,315,798
615,575
102,672
117,333
143,098
135,877
1,643
4,466
Salvation Army T
92,054
36,258
258
4,662
1,770
1,981
31,892
2,226
2,418
3,319
7,229
31
10
M
46,045
18,636
119
2,313
892
958
15,652
1,073
1,214
1,691
3,476
13
8
F
46,009
17,622
139
2,349
878
1,023
16,240
1,153
1,204
1,628
3,753
18
2
Ukranian (Greek) Catholic T
189,653
153
45
850
233
6,576
46,804
58,179
34,828
35,260
6,611
50
64
M
101,962
69
21
466
116
3,566
25,667
30,723
18,587
18,947
3,719
34
47
F
87,691
84
24
384
117
3,010
21,137
27,456
16,241
16,313
2,892
16
17
Unitarian T
15,062
15
15
104
127
1,846
7,318
1,367
558
1,268
2,426
14
4
M
7,557
8
9
45
65
930
3,693
665
298
662
1,169
10
3
F
7,505
7
6
59
62
916
3,625
702
260
606
1,257
4
1
United Church of Canada T
3,664,008
97,886
27,395
163,633
85,710
154,938
1,640,564
269,975
296,253
418,927
504,317
2,519
1,891
M
1,828,322
50,070
13,883
82,191
42,848
76,214
812,816
134,829
151,341
212,675
248,977
1,350
1,128
F
1,835,686
47,816
13,512
81,442
42,862
78,724
827,748
135,146
144,912
206,252
255,340
1,169
763
Other T
283,732
2,485
850
4,371
2,836
16,700
103,954
14,099
17,236
37,584
82,269
624
724
M
160,609
1,293
445
2,498
1,561
9,591
56,598
7,973
9,697
21,199
48,833
433
488
F
123,123
1,192
405
1,873
1,275
7,109
47,356
6,126
7,539
16,385
33,436
191
236

Percentage Distribution of the Population by Birthplace, Canada, 1901-1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Place of Birth. Bulletin 1.2-7. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1962. ]

Birthplace 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961
Population 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0(1) 100.0 100.0
Canada(2) 87.0 78.0 77.7 77.8 82.5 85.3 84.4
United Kingdom 7.5 11.2 11.7 11.0 8.3 6.5 5.3
Other Commonwealth Countries 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.3
United States 2.4 4.2 4.3 3.3 2.7 2.0 1.6
European Countries 2.3 5.6 5.2 6.9 5.7 5.7 8.0
Asiatic Countries 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
Other Countries -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1

from Table 48. Population by Birthplace, Canada, 1901-1961. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Place of Birth. Bulletin 1.2-7. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1963. pp. 1.2-7

Birthplace
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
Total (1)
5,371,315
7,206,643
8,787,949
10,376,786
11,506,655 (2)
14,009,429
18,238,247
Canada
4,671,815 (3)
5,619,682 (3)
6,832,224 (3)
8,069,261 (3)
9,487,808 (3)
11,949,518
15,393,984
United Kingdom
404,848 (2)
804,234 (2)
1,025,119 (2)
1,138,942
960,125
912,482
969,715
Other Commonwealth Countries
16,203
29,995
40,329
45,888
43,644
20,567
47,887
United States
127,899
303,680
374,022
344,574
312,473
282,010
283,908
European Countries
125,549
404,941
459,325
714,462
653,705
801,618
1,468,058
Asiatic Countries
23,580
40,946
53,636
60,608
44,443
37,145
57,761
China
17,043
27,083
36,924
42,037
29,095
24,166
36,724
Japan
4,674
8,425
11,650
12,261
9,462
6,239
6,797
Others
1,863
5,438
5,062
6,310
5,886
6,740
14,240
Other Countries
1,421
3,165
3,294
3,051
3,512
6,089
16,934

(1) Exclusive of Newfoundland in censuses prior to 1951.
(2) Includes birthplace not stated.
(3) Includes persons born in Canada whose province of birth was not stated.

from Table 49 Population by Birthplace and Sex, for Provinces and Territories, 1961. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Place of Birth. Bulletin 1.2-7. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1963. pp. 49-1-49-2

Birthplace and Sex Canada New Found-land Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Bruns-wick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat-chewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories
Total T
18,238,247
457,853
104,629
737,007
597,936
5,259,211
6,236,092
921,686
925,181
1,331,944
1,629,082
14,628
22,998
M
9,218,893
234,924
53,357
374,244
302,440
2,631,856
3,134,528
468,503
479,564
689,383
829,094
8,178
12,822
F
9,019,354
222,929
51,272
362,763
295,496
2,627,355
3,101,564
453,183
445,617
642,561
799,988
6,450
10,176
Canada T
15,393,984
451,584
101,637
702,839
574,653
4,870,762
4,882,935
751,688
775,792
1,043,195
1,205,950
11,914
21,035
M
7,746,249
231,952
51,889
357,369
291,547
2,433,767
2,441,983
379,892
398,503
533,815
607,777
6,352
11,403
F
7,647,735
219,632
49,748
345,470
283,106
2,436,995
2,440,952
371,796
377,289
509,380
598,173
5,562
9,632
United Kingdom T
969,715
3,049
1,023
15,036
9,820
82,206
501,073
53,074
40,483
76,124
186,559
683
585
M
465,686
1,215
480
7,203
4,499
38,503
237,668
26,179
20,789
38,065
90,288
388
409
F
504,029
1,834
543
7,833
5,321
43,703
263,405
26,895
19,694
38,059
96,271
295
176
Other Commonwealth Countries T
47,887
143
24
902
336
7,421
23,778
1,235
819
2,567
10,553
48
61
M
24,995
69
13
531
178
3,704
12,182
699
436
1,401
5,720
27
35
F
22,892
74
11
371
158
3,717
11,596
536
383
1,166
4,833
21
26
United States T
283,908
1,116
1,075
7,389
7,582
45,933
81,463
12,262
31,656
51,500
43,273
359
300
M
130,831
577
469
3,087
3,245
20,431
35,193
5,754
16,197
25,718
19,784
183
193
F
153,077
539
606
4,302
4,337
25,502
46,270
6,508
15,459
25,782
23,489
176
107
European Countries T
1,468,058
1,615
774
9,762
5,139
238,889
722,595
99,774
73,223
151,397
162,375
1,531
984
M
807,022
898
447
5,416
2,730
127,744
393,803
53,874
41,555
85,931
92,716
1,150
758
F
661,036
717
327
4,346
2,409
111,145
328,792
45,900
31,668
65,466
69,659
381
226
Asiatic Countries T
57,761
289
76
795
334
8,401
18,635
1,900
2,820
6,120
18,279
87
25
M
35,610
182
48
490
200
4,877
10,936
1,216
1,866
3,926
11,773
76
20
F
22,151
107
28
305
134
3,524
7,699
684
954
2,194
6,506
11
5
China
 T
36,724
242
24
358
160
3,356
9,999
1,260
2,434
4,300
14,499
76
16
M
24,685
157
16
241
110
2,219
6,531
909
1,647
2,906
9,866
68
15
F
12,039
85
8
117
50
1,137
3,468
351
787
1,394
4,633
8
1
Japan
 T
6,797
1
1
15
9
432
2,503
260
75
725
2,761
11
4
M
3,427
1
1
7
3
231
1,250
133
44
381
1,367
8
1
F
3,370
--
--
8
6
201
1,253
127
31
344
1,394
3
3
Other
 T
14,240
46
51
422
165
4,613
6,133
380
311
1,095
1,019
--
5
M
7,498
24
31
242
87
2,427
3,155
174
175
639
540
--
4
F
6,742
22
20
180
78
2,186
2,978
206
136
456
479
--
1
Other Countries T
16,934
57
20
284
72
5,599
5,613
1,753
388
1,041
2,093
6
8
M
8,500
31
11
148
41
2,830
2,763
889
218
527
1,036
2
4
F
8,434
26
9
136
31
2,769
2,850
864
170
514
1,057
4
4

 

 

from Table 57. Population by Country of Citizenship and Sex, for Provinces and Territories, 1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Citizenship and Immigration. Bulletin 1.2-8. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1963. pp. 57-1-57-2]

Country of Citizenship and Sex Canada New Foundland Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon and Northwest Territories
Total T
18,238,247
457,853
104,629
737,007
597,936
5,259,211
6,236,092
921,686
925,181
1,331,944
1,629,082
3,7626
M
9,218,893
234,924
53,357
374,244
302,440
2,631,856
3,134,528
468,503
479,564
689,383
829,094
21,000
F
9,019,354
222,929
51,272
362,763
295,496
2,627,355
3,101,564
453,183
445,617
642,561
799,988
16,626
Canada T
17,182,429
455,282
103,618
725,686
590,662
5,078,082
5,673,098
879,187
902,106
1,240,895
1,498,498
35,315
M
8,676,882
233,595
52,833
368,575
298,873
2,540,960
2,848,753
445,789
466,842
641,235
759,983
19,444
F
8,505,547
221,687
50,785
357,111
291,789
2,537,122
2,824,345
433,398
435,264
599,660
738,515
15,871
Other Commonwealth Countries T
306,690
1,186
337
4,568
2,003
31,491
184,429
10,059
5,946
21,353
44,647
671
M
151,979
560
172
2,358
1,025
15,164
90,866
5,303
3,049
10,743
22,315
424
F
154,711
626
165
2,210
978
16,327
93,563
4,756
2,897
10,610
22,332
247
Other Countries T
749,128
1,385
674
6,753
5,271
149,638
378,565
32,440
17,129
69,696
85,937
1,640
  M
390,032
769
352
3,311
2,542
75,732
194,909
17,411
9,673
37,405
46,796
1,132
  F
359,096
616
322
3,442
2,729
73,906
183,656
15,029
7,456
32,291
39,141
508
United States T
88,312
499
283
2,254
2,573
16,585
36,329
3,242
3,656
11,674
10,908
309
  M
41,867
289
122
908
1,139
7,648
16,393
1,583
2,051
6,138
5,433
163
  F
46,445
210
161
1,346
1,434
8,937
19,936
1,659
1,605
5,536
5,475
146
European Countries T
603,195
763
364
4,122
2,443
121,278
317,216
26,347
11,664
53,129
64,641
1,228
  M
317,530
416
211
2,192
1,258
61,972
165,360
14,269
6,684
28,704
35,575
889
  F
285,665
347
153
1,930
1,185
59,306
151,856
12,078
4,980
24,425
29,066
339
Asiatic Countries T
23,033
95
16
237
112
4,608
7,309
688
969
1,982
6,973
44
M
11,909
48
9
127
63
2,393
3,598
376
469
910
3,877
39
F
11,124
47
7
110
49
2,215
3,711
312
500
1,072
3,096
5
China
 T
13,618
78
5
114
62
1,246
3,454
440
826
1,416
5,936
41
M
7,147
37
1
55
39
646
1,677
255
394
603
3,404
36
F
6,471
41
4
59
23
600
1,777
185
432
813
2,532
5
Japan
 T
1,875
--
--
5
3
190
631
51
22
128
844
1
M
847
--
--
1
--
104
287
19
12
55
368
1
F
1,028
--
--
4
3
86
344
32
10
73
476
--
Other
 T
7,540
17
11
118
47
3,172
3,224
197
121
438
193
2
M
3,915
11
8
71
24
1,643
1,634
102
63
252
105
2
  F
3,625
6
3
47
23
1,529
1,590
95
58
186
88
--
Other Countries (1) T
34,588
28
11
140
143
7,167
17,711
2,163
840
2,911
3,415
59
  M
18,726
16
10
84
82
3,719
9,558
1,183
469
1,653
1,911
41
  F
15,862
12
1
56
61
3,448
8,153
980
371
1,258
1,504
18

(1) Includes persons reported as "stateless."

 

Numerical and Percentage Distribution by (a) Official Language, and (b) Mother Tongue, Canada, 1931-1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Official Language and Mother Tongue. Bulletin 1.2-9. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1963. inner cover]

Official Language and Mother Tongue
 Number Percentage
1931
1941
1951
1961
1931
1941
1951
1961
CANADA (1)
10,376,786
11,506,655
14,009,429
18238247
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Official Language
English Only
6,999,913
7,735,486
9,387,395
12284762
67.5
67.2
67.0
67.4
French Only
1,779,338
2,181,746
2,741,812
3489866
17.1
19.0
19.6
19.1
English and French
1,322,370
1,474,009
1,727,447
2231172
12.7
12.8
12.3
12.2
Neither English nor French
275,165
115,414
152,775
232447
2.7
1.0
1.1
1.3
Mother Tongue
English
5,914,402
6,488,190
8,280,809
10,660,534
57.0
56.4
59.1
58.5
French (2)
2,832,298
3,354,753
4,068,850
5,123,151
27.3
29.2
29.0
28.1
Chinese
46,109
33,500
28,289
49,099
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.3
Finnish
39,965
37,331
31,771
44,785
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
German
362,011
322,228
329,302
563,713
3.5
2.8
2.4
3.1
Indian and Eskimo
(3)
130,939
144,787
166,531
(3)
1.1
1.0
0.9
Italian
85,520
80,260
92,244
339,626
0.8
0.7
0.7
1.9
Japanese
23,172
22,359
17,589
17,856
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
Magyar (4)
37,959
46,287
42,402
85,939
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.5
Netherlands
26,532
53,215
87,935
170,177
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.9
Polish
118,599
128,711
129,238
161,720
1.1
1.1
0.9

0.9
Russian
50,759
52,431
39,223
42,903
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.2
Scandinavian
159,854
143,917
106,848
116,714
1.5
1.3
0.8
0.6
Slovak
25,099
37,604
45,516
42,546
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
Ukranian (5)
252,802
313,273
352,323
361,496
2.4
2.7
2.5
2.0
Yiddish
149,520
129,806
103,593
82,448
1.4
1.1
0.7
0.5
Other (6)
252,185
131,851
108,710
209,009
2.4
1.1
0.8
1.1

(1) Exclusive of Newfoundland in censuses prior to 1951
(2) Includes Walloon.
(3) Included with Other.
(4) Includes Hungarian.
(5) Includes Bukovinian.
(6) Includes mother tongue not stated prior to 1951.

from Table 64. Population by (a) Official Language and Sex, and (b) Mother Tongue and Sex, for Provinces and Territories, 1961. [Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.2. Population: Official Language and Mother Tongue. Bulletin 1.2-9. Ottawa: Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., 1963. pp. 64-1-64-2]

Birthplace and Sex Canada New Found-land Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Bruns-wick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat-chewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories
Total T
18,238,247
457,853
104,629
737,007
597,936
5,259,211
6,236,092
921,686
925,181
1,331,944
1,629,082
14,628
22,998
M
9,218,893
234,924
53,357
374,244
302,440
2,631,856
3,134,528
468,503
479,564
689,383
829,094
8,178
12,822
F
9,019,354
222,929
51,272
362,763
295,496
2,627,355
3,101,564
453,183
445,617
642,561
799,988
6,450
10,176
Official Language  
English Only T
12,284,762
450,945
95,296
684,805
370,922
608,635
5,548,766
825,955
865,821
1,253,824
1,552,560
13,679
13,554
M
6,223,564
230,794
48,610
347,298
187,328
293,219
2,789,067
421,302
450,335
649,989
790,174
7,573
7,875
F
6,061,198
220,151
46,686
337,507
183,594
315,416
2,759,699
404,653
415,486
603,835
762,386
6,106
5,679
French Only T
3,489,866
522
1,219
5,938
112,054
3,254,850
95,236
7,954
3,853
5,534
2,559
38
109
M
1,643,536
349
627
2,865
53,943
1,531,255
44,913
3,751
1,780
2,713
1,272
16
52
F
1,846,330
173
592
3,073
58,111
1,723,595
50,323
4,203
2,073
2,821
1,287
22
57
English and French T
2,231,172
5,299
7,938
44,987
113,495
1,338,878
493,270
68,368
42,074
56,920
57,504
825
1,614
M
1,253,700
3,252
4,033
23,444
60,417
782,702
259,995
35,202
21,920
30,444
30,737
545
1,009
F
977,472
2,047
3,905
21,543
53,078
556,176
233,275
33,166
20,154
26,476
26,767
280
605
Neither English nor French T
232,447
1,087
176
1,277
1,465
56,848
98,820
19,409
13,433
15,666
16,459
86
7,721
M
98,093
529
87
637
752
24,680
40,553
8,248
5,529
6,237
6,911
44
3,886
F
134,354
558
89
640
713
32,168
58,267
11,161
7,904
9,429
9,548
42
3,835
Mother Tongue  
English T
10,660,534
451,530
95,564
680
378,633
697,402
4,834,623
584,526
638,156
962,319
1,318,498
10,869
8,181
M
5,338,481
231,129
48,653
344
191,283
344,126
2,396,336
294,543
327,303
491,272
658,715
5,873
4,887
F
5,322,053
220,401
46,911
335,872
187,350
353,276
2,438,287
289,983
310,853
471,047
659,783
4,996
3,294
French T
5,123,151
3,150
7,958
39,568
210,530
4,269,689
425,302
60,899
36,163
42,276
26,179
443
994
M
2567044
2,001
4,053
20,341
106,375
2,133,006
215,388
30,667
18,621
21,908
13,807
283
594
F
2,556,107
1,149
3,905
19,227
104,155
2,136,683
209,914
30,232
17,542
20,368
12,372
160
400
Chinese T
49,099
306
25
427
213
4,050
12,381
1,596
3,073
5,774
21,145
82
27
M
31,252
197
17
271
134
2,602
7,838
1,108
1,939
3,677
13,373
73
23
F
17,847
109
8
156
79
1,448
4,543
488
1,134
2,097
7,772
9
4
Japanese T
17,856
1
--
17
10
875
6,392
789
134
2,108
7,510
17
3
M
9,207
--
--
10
4
460
3,303
403
77
1,093
3,845
10
2
F
8,649
1
--
7
6
415
3,089
386
57
1,015
3,665
7
1
Syrian and Arabic T
12,999
31
62
398
130
2,784
8,126
165
259
761
280
--
3
M
7,277
16
34
225
72
1,476
4,606
92
150
450
153
--
3
F
5,722
15
28
173
58
1,308
3,520
73
109
311
127
--
--
Other T
48,758
35
18
226
112
9,875
24,878
1,632
1,588
2,355
7,961
30
48
M
28,219
25
10
129
65
5,454
14,194
987
959
1,390
4,948
21
37
  F
20,539
10
8
97
47
4,421
10,684
645
629
965
3,013
9
11