SCOTS IN CANADA
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
SrR,—Referring to Mr. I. H. Robinson's letter in your last number about English Prime Ministers, he does not appear to know that the Scots in Canada are far outnumbered by the English.
The Canadian census returns give elaborate details of the racial origins of the people.
On reference it will be seen that there are 2,741,419 people of English descent in Canada compared to 1,346,350 of Scotch descent.
If the figures as to birthplace arc considered they show 746,212 born in England, against 279,765 born in Scotland.
So if all the inhabitants of Canada are infected by this form of narrow-minded racial prejudice, the number of them who are happy when Mr. Chamberlain is our Prime Minister must be correspondingly greater than when Mr. Ramsay MacDonald held office.—Yours faithfully,
ALGERNON B. DALE (Captain).
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