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 POPULATION.

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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