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Title: Dominion or Republic? Migrants to North America From the United Kingdom 1870-1910

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2002

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Abstract: Late nineteenthcentury Canada attracted a large number of immigrants from the UK, despite far lower average income per head there than in the US. While urban labour markets in the northern US were much larger than those in Canada, differences in outcomes between UK immigrants in Canadian and in northern US cities were small. Average annual real earnings by occupation group were only 10 to 15 per cent lower in Canadian cities. Individuallevel census data indicate that the occupational distribution of UK immigrants in Canada was quite similar to that of their peers in the US.

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Authors: MacKinnon, Mary; Minns, Chris; Green, Alan G.

Periodical (Full): Economic History Review

Issue: 4

Volume: 55

Pages: 666-696

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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