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THE SHIFTING IDENTITIES OF THE BULGARIAN-CANADIAN DIASPORA, 1900-2015 Figure 1 below takes into consideration only the statistics on Greek and Bulgarian immigration to Canada in the period 1900-1940. Year Bulgarians Greeks Year Bulgarians Greeks 1900 7 81 1920 4 297 1901 2 161 1921 26 195 1902 N/A 193 1922 15 187 1903 N/A 191 1923 163 294 1904 N/A 98 1924 170 215 1905 18 254 1925 N/A 214 1906 92 545 1926 87 274 1907 1884 1053 1927 240 557 1908 63 174 1928 265 685 1909 495 461 1929 301 684 1910 985 784 1930 353 530 1911 1664 584 1931 14 23 1912 6338 1523 1932 12 34 1913 1270 898 1933 12 29 1914 4512 1506 1934 5 39 1915 1 124 1935 12 49 1916 0 274 1936 21 73 1917 0 59 1937 31 97 1918 0 5 1938 25 121 1919 1 31 1939 23 128 1940 7 49 Figure 1: Bulgarian and Greek Immigrants in Canada, 1900-1940” Regardless of their relatively small number, Bulgarians maintained their ethnic identity through their churches, cultural and political organizations and ethnic press, including the Sts. Cyril and Methody Macedono-Bulgarian Cathedral, Macedonian Political Organization (MPO), Banitza Benevolent Society, Oshchima Benefit Society, Zhelevo Benevolent Society, Zagorichane Mutual Benefit Society, St. Elijah Mutual Benefit Society, Napredak [Advancement] Mutual Benefit Society, Bulgarian Economic Mutual Benefit 2 Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, The Cultural Contribution of the Other Ethnic Groups-Book IV, Ottawa, Queen’s Printer, 1969, 238-242. + 59 +
