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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter)
- Subject: Re: Ethnic origin of Canadians (was Re: Misleading stats)
- References: <20JAN93.10616941.0076@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.100357.18418@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:03:57 GMT
- Organization: Securiplex Technologies Inc., Montreal, Canada
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- From article <20JAN93.10616941.0076@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, by CZ94000 <CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>:
- > In article <1993Jan19.213722.19738@spxtech.qc.ca> steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter) writes:
- >>From article <C1484H.7o2@ecf.toronto.edu>, by pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN):
- >>> In article <1993Jan19.063014.8618@csi.uottawa.ca> cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne) writes:
- >>>
- >>>>>
- >>>>>Not exactly, but I have some numbers that should be close enough, from
- >>>>>the 1993 Canadian Global Almanac.
- >>>>>
- >>>>>Of Canadian residents, 40% are of British, 27% French, and 20% other
- >>>>>European ethnic origin. (No date is given for this statistic; I would
- >>>>>suspect it comes from the 1986 census.) Depending on who is doing the
- >>
- >>40% of Canadian residents are of British origin !????
- >>
- >>My first reaction was "Rubbish!"
- >>
- >>My second reaction was "Cod's Wallop!" (Or is it 'Wallap'?)
- >
- > Why? Are you suggesting the real figure is far higher or far lower?
- > Either way, what is the basis for your assertion?
-
- Gut reactions.
-
- Annunciated disbelief.
-
- >>
- >>I'll check the data .... stand by please ...
- >>
- >>I only have figures for Quebec:-
- >>
- > Steve's data omitted
- >
- > Isn't it totally obvious that figures for ethnic origin of
- > Quebecers are not at all representative of Canada as a whole?
- >
-
- Yes.
-
- Can someone supply figures on percentage of population of British
- origin by province?
-
- Could someone also provide the definition of "British Origin" used
- by the source to be quoted?
-
- British origin people living in Quebec have different rights depending
- on their date of arrival in Quebec and citizenship status.
-
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- ||| Steve Potter: steven@spxtech.qc.ca |||
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