HC Deb 11 March 1926 vol 192 c2606W
Sir J. PENNEFATHER

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what percentage of the total number of immigrants into Australia and Canada during the last three years were British; and how this compares with the percentage in the three years preceding the War?

Mr. AMERY

According to returns supplied by the Dominion authorities, the percentage of British immigrants into Canada and Australia for 1911–1913 and for 1922–24 is as follows:

Canada. Australia.
1911 … … 39.5 50.5
1912 … … 39.0 54.4
1913 … … 37.4 53.6
1922 … … 43.4 48.8
1923 … … 47.3 50.1
1924 … … 48.4 46.2
Figures for the year 1925 are not yet available.

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