Page 111 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

D-IMMIGnATION

Immigration ie an important factor for the expansion of a country
with unexploited resources Bueh as Canada where the population is scat-
~;ered over an extensive territory. Immigrants seeking more remunera.tive
employment corne in great numbers when work is plentiful; thiB will
he seen by examining the figures before the war. The strangers go
chiefly to Ontario and the Prairie provinces. The decrease noted from
1914 to 1919 is the consequence of political events, the healthy men
being retained at home for military purposeB or for production.

Immigration i8 governed throughout the country by the Federal
Government, and Parliament in this respect provides for the refusaI
of undesirables and the deportation of those who become a burden on
the public within five ye~1rS after admission to Canada. A proclamation
issued May 9th, 1922, admits to the country only agriculturi~~ts, farm
labourers or servants. This provision of the law doe~ not apply to the
wives or familles of strangers already scttled here and does not apply
to British subjects or American citizens who have a sufficient amount
of money for their subsistence while seeking employment. The inhab-
itants of countries that have signed a special ag;reement for immigration
with Canada, are also admitted. The Provinces may also pass lawB
concernmg immigration, but these have no effect if they do not con-
(orm to those of the Federal Government.

61-Deslination of Immigrants registered in Canada, by Provinces.
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1
YEARa ~" ••itinle Quobeo Ontario M"nitob" S••kal- Alberla Colurnhb Totals
Provinces l:heWllu und Yukon
1----1---- ---
1927 . 3.J::!;,) 40.GM 3G,739 2(),URS 16.;l67 10.429 14;l,991
1926." . 1.1;70 29 ~')3 19.079 ;3816 12.54<1 8299 96064
w~" " 3,],;3 45\ll~ 11,772 14.0n 10.%2 <J,'.!f)a 11 J,:m2
1924.." .. " 7,940 6\280 21.401 13,200 10,,1:10 1O,2HO 148/60
1921... , . J,298 30,1014 6.037 8,186 S,J'US 6,7S1 72.887
19l2 .. 3 ""2 31,;',00 R,UOI 0,894 1LAZ'i 7,'>10 1:19,990
1921 . 6:ii3 62..~·72 12.619 13,,3!l2 17,7Hl 14,6:10 148,477
11l20 " . f).:;a4 8\l.34'1 1l,:J.~7 H,2il7 20,000 13,686 117,:'136
19[9 . 3,A60 13,;;26 4,S62 S/;.~2 11,6·10 8,190 57,702
6,:l;j2
1918.. " " .. 6,2'17 2:3,7,\4 1),2017 12,382 I(\,>\21 u.:')f9 79,074
mL::::: 5,710 26,078 ;l,4R7 9.874 12,.1L8 5,117 7",37.1
7,21.;
14 ,ï,l~
6,001
5/j~1
48,:37
2.836
19[5.0 . Il,IU4 44,873 n,I16 16,L73 18,26,3 10,: 27 144,789
1914. . 16,7:W 12;l,'i02 41,~40 40.999 4:J,741 27,808 384.R78
1913.. " .. 10,806 P'> 7')8 4:l,BI3 4.;,147 48,073 ,,7.960 402,432
1912 ,., , 1:;,07.3 ÙiO:Ù7 13,477 46, LiB 45,9'-)7 51,843 :r4.237
19 LI.. ,. J:l.Z:16 SO,O:;.'; 31,1l.,3 40,763 44,7R2 54.70l 311,084
1910 ,., . 10.614 4G,I:~9 21,049 29,21& 42,[j09 30,721 208,794
FL~UTCO furnieJled by ~ha Departmant of 111lITli"ra~jon O~\.aw".
Out of a total of 143,991 immigrants, in 1927, 49,784 were British
subjects, 21,025 from the United States and 73,182 from other countries.
The arrivaIs for the Province of Quebee amounted to 16,642. The most
numerous groups were of British origin and the greatest number of these
were bound for Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.