Evening star., 1932-01-03

NJ oNTREAL.-The tide of Cana
M dian migration to the
United States has stopped
More than that, it has turned,
and today more Canadians
are coming back than are departing.
What is even more notable, flood OF
Americans are following in their wake.
Canadian statesmen, formerly viewing
with alarm" the loss of Canadians, have
lived to see economic conditions do
what no law could do-bring Canadians
back home, and Americans with them,
to find new homes.
w. A. Gordon, Canadian minister Of
immigration, has just made public the
fact that in the first seven months OF
the present fiscal year, 1854 Cana
dians returned to Canada and 10l86
Americans came with them. In 1925,
l22,181 Canadian born citizens went to
the United States In 1880 only 42,127
departed, while in 1881 the total migra-
ton from Canada to the United States
was 81 ,687 persons of whom 5000 were
not Canadian born.
American Movement a Surprise.
1t is surprising that 1916 Americans
should have come to Canada under the
present rigid Canadian immigration
law Canada always has encouraged
British immigration and opened the
Coors wide. Yet in the same period
only 6,l38 Britishers arrived.
There is another factor. Within the
last year nearly 5000 persons have
been deported from Canada, having be-
come public charges. OF these, 1921
we're British, while the American depor-
tations were so negligible as not to be
listed. Americans are making good in
Canada.
Michigan always has been the source
of most Of the migration to the Do
minion In the seven-month period
2,265, or more than one-fifth of the
10000, came from that State. New York
State was second with 1851 and Mas
SachusettS third with 1899. Next in
line were a number OF States sending
around 500 including California, Illi-
nois and Washington. Between 800
and 400 were from Ohio and Maine.
Between 200 and 800 were from Penn
sylvania Minnesota, New Hampshire
and Connecticut. Between 100 and 200
came from New Jersey, Montana, In
diana Vermont Rhode Island, oregon
and North Dakota. States less than
100 were Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky Maryland, Missouri,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah Virginia, Wis
consin and Wyoming. The other States
sent from / to 20.
Newcomers Must Have Funds.
For the most part the immigrants
were farmers, mechanics and traders.
Canadian regulations provide that the
newcomers shall have enough capital
to insure them good start and that
they shall not become charges on the
Dominion. OF recent years another
regulation has been added-that they
shall be American citizens. A great
many non-Americans seek to enter
Canada as bona fide citizens of the
United States, but it does not work. 1t
Is estimated that, for every immigrant
admitted from the United States, two
or three are turned down.
Giving their occupation as farmers
were 1929 men, with SAT women and
l,54l children. In the trading class
were 1,028 men, with 487 women and
268 children There also we're 800 me-
chanicS, with 112 women and 1919 chill
dren. The Province OF Ontario Is the
preferred new domicile for migrating
Americans. Nearly half (4,562) gave
that province as their destination,
Quebec, with 2,343, was the second
choice.
The prairie provinces, usually the
promised land of the farmer, have been
hard hir by crop failures in recent
years, and there has been falling Oft
IN migration save to Alberta, where
there is large percentage Of Aneri-
csn-born The leader of the farm move
| ment In Alberta and president OF the