The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
More Than 10000 U. S
Citizens Take Up Homes
in Dominion.

! OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 28.-The
" rising tide of miration of
Canadians to the United States has
stopped.
More than that. it has turned, and
today more Canadians are coming
back from the promised land to the
south than are departing.
What is even more surprising, a
flood of Americans are following
in their wake.
Canadian statesmen formerly
viewing with alarm" the loss of
Canadians, have lived to see eco
nomic conditions do what no law
could do: bring Canadians back
home, and Americans with them, to
find new homes.
Hon. w. A. Gordon, Canadian min
lister of immigration. just has made
public the fact that in the seven
months of the present fiscal year,
ending in October, 1854 Canadians
have returned to Canada and 1916
Americans have come with them.
In 1925, 122,181 Canadian born
citizens went to the United States.
In 1880 there were only AZ, 127, while
in 1881 the total migration from
Canada to the United States was
21,687 of whom 5000 were not
Canadian born.
1t is surprising taht 1916 Amer
leans should have come to Canada
under the present rigid Canadian
immigration law Canada has al
ways encouraged British immigra-
ton, and opened the doors wide.
Yet in the same period only 6,138
BritiSherS arrived.
There is another factor. Within
the last year nearly 5000 people
have been deported from Canada,
having become public charges. Of
these 1921 were British, while the
American deportations were so neg
llgible as not to be listed. Ameri-
cans are making good in Canada.
Michigan Sends Most
The state of Michigan has always
been the source of most of the mi
grafton to Canada.
In the Seven-month period. 2.265.
over one-f1fth of the 10000, came
from that state. New York state
came second with 1851, and Massa-
chusetts third with 1899.
Next in line are a number of
states sending around 5000, and
including California, Illinois and
Washington. Between 300 and 400
were from Ohio and Maine. Be-
tween 200 and 300 were from Penn
Sylvania.
Between 100 and 200 were from
New Jersey, Montana, Indiana.
Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon and
North Dakota. Sending under 100
were Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas.
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Every other state in the Union sent
from one to twenty.
Able Workmen
For the most part the immigrants
were farmers, mechanics and trad
ers. Canadian regulations insist
that the newcomers. shall have
enough capital to insure them a
good start, and that they shall not
become charge on the Dominion.
OF recent years another regula-
ton has been added that they shall
be American citizens. A great many
non-Americans seek to enter Can
ada as bona f1de citizens of the
United States, but it does not work.
1t is estimated that for every i'm
migrant admitted from the United
States two or three are turned
down.
Giving their occupation as farm
erS were 1929 men with CAT wom-
en- and 1,541 children. In the trad
ing class were 1923 men with 4S7
women and 26S children. There
were also 898 mechanics with 112
women and 1919 children and 1929
laborers with SAT women and 1,541
children.
The province of Ontario is the
preferred new domicile for mi
grating Americans. Nearly half
(4,562 to be exac0, gave their
destination as Ontario. Quebec
was second choice and 2,S43 immi-
grants from the United States went
to the French-Canadian province.
Hard Hit BY Failures
The prairie provinces, usually the
promised land of the farmer, have
been hard hit by crop failures in
recent years and the migration has
fallen of, save to Alberta, where
there is large percentage of
American-born population.
The leader of the farm movement
in Alberta and president Of the
wheat pool was born in Mississippi,
and several members of parliament
and other public men were imrni-
grants from below the border.
Canada prefers British immi-
grants first, then Americans, then
northern European.