1. Immigration to Canada By Decade Statistics Canada Western Region and Northern Territories November 2007 After June 2006

3. 1871 and 1881 Top origins: 1.British Isles 2.French 3.Irish 4.English 5.Scottish 6.German 1901 Top origins: 1.British Isles 2.French 3.English 4.Irish 5.Scottish 6.German 7.Aboriginal 8.Dutch 9.Scandinavian 10.Russian (Ethnic) origins of the population 1871, 1881 and 1901 Source: census

4. 1901 – 1910 Top countries: 1.British Isles 2.United States 3.Russia 4.Austria 5.Galicia (Poland/Ukraine) ~ Settlement of the West

5. 1911 - 1920 Top countries: 1.British Isles 2.United States 3.Russia ~ World War I: 1914 - 1918

6. 1921 – 1930 Top countries: 1.British Isles 2.United States 3.Poland 4.Russia 5.Czechoslovakia 6.Finland ~ 1928: Pier 21 in Halifax opens

7. 1931 - 1939 Top countries: 1.United States 2.British Isles 3.Poland 4.Czechoslovakia ~ Great Depression

8. 1941 - 1950 Top countries 1.British Isles 2.Poland 3.United States 4.Netherlands 5.Italy 6.U.S.S.R. ~ WW II 1942 – 1945 ~ Displaced persons/refugees 1947 – 1950 ~ Dutch farmers welcomed to Canada 1947 - 1949

9. 1951 – 1960 Top countries 1.British Isles 2.Italy 3.Germany 4.Netherlands 5.United States 6.Poland 7.Hungary ~ Hungarian refugees 1956 - 1957

10. 1961 – 1970 Top countries 1.British Isles 2.Italy 3.United States 4.Portugal 5.Greece 6.Germany Federal Republic 7.West Indies 8.Yugoslavia ~ Draft-age Americans ~ Czechoslovakian refugees 1968 - 1969

11. 1971 – 1980 Top countries 1.British Isles 2.United States 3.India 4.Portugal 5.Philippines 6.Jamaica 7.Peoples Republic of China 8.Hong Kong ~ Refugees from Uganda and Chile 1972 - 1973 ~ Indochinese Boat people 1975 - 1981

12. 1981 – 1990 Top countries 1.Hong Kong 2.India 3.British Isles 4.Poland 5.Peoples Republic of China 6.Philippines 7.United States 8.Viet Nam

13. 1991 – 2001 Top countries 1.Peoples Republic of China 2.India 3.Philippines 4.Hong Kong 5.Sri Lanka 6.Pakistan 7.Taiwan 8.United States ~ 1977: 50 th Anniversary of the Citizenship and Immigration Act ~ 1999: 7,000 refugees from Kosovo

14. marion.smith@statcan.gc.ca Sources: 1. Statistics Canada. Table 075-0001 Historical statistics, estimated population and immigrant arrivals, annual (persons) *Terminated* (2 series). CANSIM (database). Using E-STAT (distributor). Last updated July 2006. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/estat/licence-eng.htm (accessed November, 2007). http://www.statcan.gc.ca/estat/licence-eng.htm 2. Statistics Canada. Photos and countries by decade adapted from 100 years of immigration to Canada, 1901 – 2001, audio-visual presentation, 2001Census. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/kits-trousses/edu06_0005a-eng.htm 3. Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Immigration data, 1971 – 2005. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2007/permanent/index.asp#chart0chttp://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2007/permanent/index.asp#chart0c (accessed June 2009. Counts for recent years are subject to revision).