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Immigration to Canada by War Brides and Their Children 1942-1948 |
Year |
Total # of Immigrants* |
# of Brides and Dependents** |
% of Total |
| 1942-43 |
7,756 |
188*** |
2.4% |
| 1943-44 |
8,504 |
1,255 |
14.75% |
| 1944-45 |
12,801 |
6,442 |
50.3% |
| 1945-46 |
22,722 |
16,133 |
71% |
| 1946-47 |
71,719 |
39,092 |
54.5% |
| 1947-48 |
64,127 |
1,336 |
2% |
| Total |
187,449 |
64,446**** |
34.3% |
Sources: This table originally appeared in Melynda Jarratt, The War Brides of New Brunswick, (University of New Brunswick, Masters Report, 1995), p. 12.
* Valerie Knowles, Strangers at Our Gates: Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy 1540-1990 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1992), p. 190. ** Fiscal year April 1 to March 31
*** Department of Mines and Resources Annual Report 1944-45 reported 7,885 dependents admited from April 1, 1942 to March 31, 1945, of whom 5,009 were adults and 2,876 were children. Given the figures for 1943-44 and 1944-45, it appears that only 188 Canadian servicemen's dependents came to Canada in the fiscal year 1942-43, which was the first year in which the Canadian government officially provided transportation for the brides and their children.
**** "Immigration Branch" Department of Mines and Resources Annual Report 1947-48, p. 243. The Director reported that a total of 64,451 dependents had come to Canada since 1942, a difference of five dependents.
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