Those of English nativity constituted 28 per cent of foreign-born in the same year (Census of Canada 1871). Two decades earlier, in 1851, the English-born numbered 82,699, and they had increased to 124,062 by 1871. The overall proportion of those of English birth remained quite uniform,...
The connection between Scotland and Canada dates to the 17th century. The Scots have been immigrating in steady and substantial numbers for over 200 years. In the 2006 census a total of 4, 709, 850 Canadians, or 15% of the population, listed themselves as of Scottish origin. The kingdom ...
The first Indian census was taken in 1871. They then numbered 102,358, as follows: Eskimo 4028; Tinneh 42,000; Algonquins 46,000; Huron-Iroquois 10,330. Their division according to provinces is: Prince Edward Island 323; Nova Scotia 1666; New Brunswick 1403; Quebec 6988; Ontario 12,978...
deaths, economic activities and the like. What made the Canadian census unique was a question on Schedule No. 1 (Nominal Return on the Living) that asked for information on a person’s “origins,” an important issue in a country with four different provinces, a wide variety...
A page for Joliette, Quebec, from the first Census of Canada, 1871 A page for Joliette, Quebecfrom the firstCensus of Canada, 1871. Can you find the entry for Adolphe Perrault? Times change: Perrault made his living as a voyageur! As time passed, census data would feed social policy....
Canada established its first democratic government in 1867, when Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were federated as the Dominion of Canada. Manitoba was made a province in 1870, and British Columbia joined the confederation in 1871. Alberta and Saskatchewan would later join in 1905....
Last week the government of Canada released new details on the immigrant make-up of the country, based on data gathered during the 2016 census. Around 22 percent of Canada’s population is now made up by first-generation immigrants, all of whom settled as permanent residents and many of w...
2021 census: 36,991,981 Density: 4.2/km2 (10.9/sq mi) (236th) Type Anglo-American (including Afro Anglo-American) Latin-American (only in Quebecball and French-speaking areas) Capital Ottawaball Largest city Torontoball Affiliation British Empireball (de jure, 1867-1982) Entente Powers ...
The 2021 Census by Statistics Canada had revealed that around 1.3 million immigrants are Indians by nationality, accounting for 3.7% of the total population of Canada. Most of the Indian Canadians usually live in Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. *Are you looking for step-by-step ...
LAC’s various databases—particularly the census databases—are excellent sources of information. For instance, the1871 censuslists Timothy Eaton as a merchant living in Toronto West with his wife Margaret and their three children, Edward, Josina and Margaret.Continue reading→ ...