Racial origins and nativity of the Canadian people : a study based on the Census of 1931 and supplementary data / by W. Burton Hurd.: CS98-1931CM-4E-PDF
"The present volume is one of a series of monographs prepared in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics analysing and interpreting the data on population collected by the last census. This particular study deals with the different nationalities and stocks in the Dominion. The general purpose Is to measure the progress of assimilation and to discover and evaluate the forces which are working toward that end. The first three chapters discuss the changing proportions and date of arrival of the different nationalities and origins in Canada and the provinces; the two following, their distribution as regards age, sex, conjugal condition and urban and rural residence. The sixth chapter presents for the first time indices of segregation, by birthplace and race, of which much effective use is made In subsequent sections of the monograph in explaining the behaviour of the various groups. Chapters VII to XV include an examination of data on intermarriage, naturalization, language spoken, illiteracy, crime, occupations, unemployment, fertility, infant mortality, mental institutions and religions"--Pref., p. iii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. |
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| Title | Racial origins and nativity of the Canadian people : a study based on the Census of 1931 and supplementary data / by W. Burton Hurd. |
| Series title | Census monograph ; no. 4 |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "Reprinted from Volume XIII, Seventh census of Canada, 1931". Historical census publication digitized 2010 [by Statistics Canada]. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Dominion Bureau of Statistics,1937(J.O. Patenaude, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty) |
| Author / Contributor | Hurd, W. Burton (William Burton), 1894- |
| Description | xvii, 292 p. : ill., maps |
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| Subject terms | Demographic statistics |
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