History of the Jews in Canada
Canadian Jews, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion, form the fourth largest Jewish community in the world, exceeded only by those in Israel, the United States and France. As of 2021, Statistics Canada listed 335,295 Jews in Canada. This total would account for approximately 1.4% of the Canadian population.
| Total population | |
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| Canada 404,015 (as of 2021) 1.4% of the Canadian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ontario | 272,400 |
| Quebec | 125,300 |
| British Columbia | 62,120 |
| Alberta | 20,000 |
| Manitoba | 18,000 |
| Languages | |
| English · French (among Québécois) · Hebrew (as liturgical language, some as mother tongue) · Yiddish (by some as mother tongue and as part of a language revival) · and other languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish, German, Moroccan Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Israeli Canadians | |
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The Jewish community in Canada is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented and include Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and Bene Israel. A number of converts to Judaism make up the Jewish-Canadian community, which manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions and the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance. Though they are a small minority, they have had an open presence in the country since the first Jewish immigrants arrived with Governor Edward Cornwallis to establish Halifax, Nova Scotia (1749).