Migration to Canada: Post-war period

The Number of migrants leaving for Canada after the second World War between 1946 and 1996 was 19,792. Peak levels were reached in 1951 (1607 migrants) and again in 1964 (1181 migrants)

Return migration from Canada over this period of 50 years, amounted to 4798 migrants. The most significant period for return migration was from 1975 to 1981, when the number of migrants was as high as 517 (in 1975), and stayed over 200 level for the next five years.

Migration to and from Canada 1946-1996 (Bottom line refers to number of returning migrants)

Migration to and from Canada 1946-1996 (Bottom line refers to number of returning migrants)

Migration To and From Canada, 1946 - 1996
YEAR
To Canada
Return
1945
0
0
1946
3
0
1947
27
0
1948
719
42
1949
258
22
1950
863
15
1951
1607
65
1952
680
78
1953
770
48
1954
963
135
1955
425
169
1956
383
64
1957
739
119
1958
505
93
1959
471
38
1960
509
12
1961
213
21
1962
371
52
1963
905
9
1964
1181
18
1965
648
2
1966
648
2
1967
752
0
1968
478
0
1969
394
26
1970
332
33
1971
308
6
1972
467
14
1973
768
39
1974
755
57
1975
441
517
1976
202
318
1977
213
238
1978
269
279
1979
248
347
1980
213
178
1981
271
203
1982
135
94
1983
66
98
1984
91
112
1985
64
120
1986
88
165
1987
79
78
1988
108
103
1989
74
97
1990
27
98
1991
23
130
1992
24
97
1993
8
106
1994
3
108
1995
3
81
1996
0
52
Total
19792
4798

The following table shows the relative number of migrants to other countries, in comparison with Canada. It can be seen that Australia comes second as the country most favoured by Maltese migrants: 12.76 % of migrants went to Canada.

It is also seen that the proportion of return migration to the total migrant populatoin is also one of the lowest, at 24 %. In other words, about one-fourth of those to left for Canada went back to Malta. This rate is second only to migration to Australia, where return migration was only 21 %. By contast, return migration from the US was the highest, at 78% of

Summary of Migration changes 1946 - 1996
Country
To
From
Net Migration
Return %
Australia
86787
17847
68940
21.56
Canada
19792
4798
14997
24.24
UK
31489
12659
18830
40.20
US
11601
2580
9021
22.24
Other
1647
907
740
55.07
Total
155060
39087
115973
25.21

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