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CLASSIFICATION OF THE POPULATION 59

POPULATION ENUMERATED ACCORDING TO' PLACE OF BlliTH.

In 1871, 97,22 pel' cent of the population of Canada were born in
British territory, viz: 82.98 pel' cent i.n the Donùnion and 14.24 pel'
cent in other parts of the British Empire. According to the last census,
taken in 1921, this proportion was reduced to 89.87 pel' cent, distributed
as fol1ows: Canadian born 77.75 pel' cent, other British subjects, 12.12
pel' cent.

The table at the bottom of this page shows the foreign element is
proportionately greater in the Western than in the Eastern Provinces.
The fol1mving summary shows the percentage of inhabitants born in
Canada, by provinces, in 1921.

Prince Edward Island .... 97.3 Saskatchewan . 60.4
Nova Scotia . 91. 6 Alberta . 53.5
New Brunswick _ . 94.4 British Columbia .. 50.3
Quebec . 92.0 Yukon. .. . 62.5
Ontario , . 78.1 N. W. Territories . 97.4
Manitoba . 63.5 Canadian N avy . 10.1

The percentage for the whole of the Province was 77.7 in 1921,
instead of 77.9 in 1911. The number of individuals of foreign birth was
890,282, in 1921. In the Province of Quebec, 92 pel' cent of the popula-
tion were of Canadian birth, 3.81 pel' cent of British birth and 4.18 of
foreign birth.

24-Poplllalion according 10 Place of Birlh, in 1921.

POPUJ-ATlON OF
Tot.nl
PROVINCES populo.l,ion
Canadian British 1 Born in the [Born ir, other
birlh birt.b .Unitcd _~~~(.: COlU'tric.
1
Prince Edwll.rd 1.land .....•...... 88,015 80.250 1,074 1,215 76
Nove. 8ootill.. . _ . 523,837 480,332 29,519 7,010 0,070
New Brunswick. . 387,875 3ûO,418 10,700 8.208 2,481
Quebec " , ..•.......•. 2,361,109 2.172,023 89,864 42,124 56,588
Ontt,Lrio . 2.033,0(;2 2,291,979 459,577 70,729 111,377
~f'lnij,oba.................•.... 010,118 387,71[; J13, 114. 21,G4.4 87,614
S",katchewan. . . 757,510 467,833 100,35·5 87,617 111,705
Alberta . 588,454 315,090 00,392 99,870 B,OO:!
BTi~i.h Columbia. ., . 524,:>82 264,040 100,702 34,926 64,8:'.8
Yukon . 4,157 2,000 37"2 557 428
.\(. \Y. Tcnitories . 7,988 7,781 93 46 68
CAN.UA (I) .. 8,788,483 6,832,747 1,065,45~ 374,024 516,258

(I) Iacluding U,e Canadinn N,wy.