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- From: steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter)
- Subject: Re: Ethnic origin of Canadians (was Re: Misleading stats)
- References: <21JAN93.18453436.0153@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.214552.9329@spxtech.qc.ca>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 02:45:51 GMT
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- From article <21JAN93.18453436.0153@VM1.MCGILL.CA>,
- by CZ94 <CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>:
- Tom supplied the figures I requested (in disbelief!):-
-
- > Here are figures from the 1986 census. In that census, 20 % of
- > households received a "long form". One of the questions asked
- > on that form was (roughly) "What is your ethnic origin?" Multiple
- > responses were allowed. The following are the percentages who
- > gave a "British" response to this question, either as a single
- > response or part of a multiple response.
- >
- > BTW, British includes Irish, as well as English, Scottish, Welsh,
- > and "Other British", whatever that is (Manx?). Irish nationalists,
- > flame StatsCan, not me.
- >
- > Nfld 95.3 %
- > PEI 86.5
- > NS 83.4
- > NB 62.3
- > Que 9.9
- > Ont 62.0
- > Man 47.8
- > Sask 51.9
- > Alta 58.0
- > BC 63.0
- > Yukon 61.7
- > NWT 32.0
- > -----------
- > Canada 48.8
- >
-
- Well I never!
-
- However, the figure includes people whose families have been in
- Canada for several generations.
-
- If I were to ask those 48.8% what they thought about some among
- them who were forbidden from sending their children to English
- school in Quebec I venture to suggest that the vast majority of
- them would ask us why we stay in this province rather than help
- us put the legislation right.
-
- Thanks for the figures, Tom. I am surprised.
-
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