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TABLE 5.3.
Intercensus Net Migration Ratios, by Province,
Canada 1921-1941
1931-1941
Provinces
1921-1931
1931-1941
(absolute numbers)
PEI
−
11.1
−
4.61
−
2672
Nova Scotia
−
14.5
2.34
7848
New Brunswick
−
11.5
−
3.99
−
10177
Quebec
0.9
−
0.11
−
1991
Ontario
5.1
3.22
77484
Manitoba
−
1.7
−
10.40
−
48478
Saskatchewan
−
0.7
−
27.45
−
157545
Alberta
3.8
−
8.77
−
41841
British Columbia
18.7
16.14
82498
Ottawa: Government Publication, 1969.p.138.
provinces of the West became a major source of migrants. Interprovincial
migration brought about large population changes across Canadian provinces,
with areas worst hit by the Depression losing population in favor of Ontario
and British Columbia. In turn, the contrast between
Tables 5.2
and
5.3
reveals
that no such process is observable in the United States.
According to census data, the proportion of people born in their state of
residence actually did increase between 1930 and 1940 throughout the United
States. More specifically,
Figure 5.4
shows that migration in and out of the
South actually dropped during the Depression years, picking up rapidly only
after WWII. As Rosenbloom and Sundstrom (
2004
: 11) put it, “familiar tales
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
in
out
FIGURE 5.4. The Timing of Migration out of the South.
Source:
Rosenbloom and Sund-
strom (
2004
)
