POPULATION.
515
The number of immigrants entering the St. Lawrence in 1869 was 43,114, against 34,300 in 1868. The number who entered by Suspension-bridge and other inland ports was 30,326 ; at Halifax 448; at St. John's, New Brunswick, 456; and at Miramichi, 21 ; making a total of 74,365. Of these it is calculated that the majority passed through to the United States, and 18,630 became permanent residents of Canada. Of the latter, 17,202 settled in Ontario, 503 in Quebec, 477 in New Brunswick, and 448 in Nova Scotia. This number showed a steady increase compared with past years.
The origin of the population, at the census of Jan. 1861, was as follows : —
Bom 111 the Dominion . 2,430,624 Bom out of the Dominion . 659,937
3,090,561
Natives of French origin . Natives of other origin Bom in England and Wales ,, Ireland . ,, Scotland „ other countries
926,466 1,504,168 136,832 281,260 133,690 108,145
3,090,561
The origin of the population of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec is thus stated in the census returns of 1861 :
Origin
Ontario
Quebec
England and Wales
114,290
13,179
Scotland .....
98,792
13,204
Ireland ......
191,231
50,337
Natives of Canada:
Not of French origin
869,592
167,949
Of French origin .
33,287
847,615
United States ....
50,758
13,648
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island .....
4,383
977
New Brunswick ....
3,214
852
Newfoundland . •
487
232
West Indies . . • . ■
532
137
East Indies . • .
203
49
France . * . • . ■ .
2,389
949
Germany and Netherlands
22,906
672
Italy and Greece . ■
104
114
Spain and Portugal .
96
55
Sweden and Norway .
• 261
229
Russia and* Poland
161
56
Switzerland ......
617
81
Guernsey, Jersey, and other British
Islands .....
529
628
All other places ....
. 541
128
At sea ......
323
61
Not known ..... Total .
1,395
414
1,396.091
1,111,566
