King of Kensington
Senior Member
Which part of the province do you have stronger connections/ties to?
I would guess more "townies" in Toronto would have 519 than 613 roots, given that 519 has a larger population and Ottawa probably takes in some of those moving to the "big city" in the 613 region.
I don't think Statscan keeps track of province of birth. Of course that wouldn't tell us where migrants to Toronto from within Ontario come from.
It's harder to track also because our provinces, especially Ontario, are so big.
In addition the population growth of the American West from the beginning was very much driven by internal migration. That's less true here. There were enough Ontarians to make the accent in Western Canada more or less the same, but immigrants from the British Isles and Europe outnumbered internal migrants in the West in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Canadian-born, both parents born in Canada, 1931:
Ontario 49%
Manitoba 26%
Saskatchewan 24%
Alberta 20%
BC 19%
British Isles birth or parentage, 1931:
Ontario 36%
Manitoba 33%
Saskatchewan 24%
Alberta 28%
BC 50%