Appendix 4 – Origins of Dalhousie Students, Average Percentage by Decade

1863-70
%
1871-80
%
1881-90
%
91-1900
%
1901-10
%
1911-20
%
1921-30
%
Annapolis 2.4 0.8 1.6 1.6 0.4 1.6 0.8
Antigonish 1.6 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.8 0.4
Cape Breton 2.0 3.6 4.4 2.8 5.2 11.6 11.2
Colchester 13.6 12.2 8.4 9.2 8.4 3.2 8.0
Cumberland 1.6 2.0 2.4 4.4 2.0 4.0 3.6
Digby 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.8
Guysborough 0.4 0.4 2.0 0.8 2.0 0.4
Metro Halifax 28.0 32.8 30.0 32.4 35.2 33.2 33.2
Halifax Co. 2.4 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.2 1.6 2.8
Hants 1.2 3.2 4.8 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.4
Inverness 4.0 1.6 2.4 2.4 1.2 3.6 0.8
Kings 3.6 3.6 3.2 2.4 3.2 2.0 0.4
Lunenburg 0.8 0.8 2.4 0.8 2.4 4.0 2.4
Pictou 22.8 17.8 15.2 8.0 10.4 6.8 7.6
Queens 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.4
Richmond 1.2 2.0 2.4 1.2 0.8
Shelburne 1.2 2.0 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.4
Victoria 1.2 2.0 1.6 2.4 2.4 0.8
Yarmouth 0.4 0.8 1.6 1.6 2.4 1.6
Sub-Total Nova Scotia 86.0 86.0 87.6 80.0 82.8 82.4 76.8
New Brunswick 2.8 5.6 6.0 6.0 6.4 5.6 8.0
PEI 7.2 6.4 4.4 5.6 3.2 2.0 4.4
Newfoundland 0.8 1.2 0.8 3.6 2.8
Sub-Total Atlantic Prov. 96.8 98.0 98.0 92.8 93.2 93.6 92.0
Other Prov. 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.0 3.2
USA 0.4 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.6 2.0
BW Indies 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.0 2.8
Other 1.2 0.4 4.8 4.8 0.8
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Sources: Dalhousie Calendars, 1864-5 to 1925-6; President’s Reports, 1911-12 to 1924-5;
David Andrews, “Trends in the Enrollment of Dalhousie University, 1863-1962,” unpublished paper for History 327 in 1970, PBW Archive.

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