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From Immigration To Integration

The Canadian Jewish Experience:
A Millennium Edition

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THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

16. A Community Snapshot: The Socio-Economic Dimensions

James Torczyner

TABLE 1

Jewish population growth by province, 1871-1971
  1871 1891 1901 1911 1931 1951 1971
Canada 1,233 6,501 16,493 74,760 155,766 204,836 276,020
Newfoundland           264 255
Prince Edward Island   1 17 36 19 26 35
Nova Scotia   31 437 1,170 1,935 2,201 2,175
New Brunswick 48 73 375 998 1,257 1,269 855
Quebec 549 2,703 7,498 30,338 59,777 82,701 110,880
Ontario 636 2,540 5,324 26,831 62,189 85,467 125,310
Manitoba   791 1,497 10,698 19,209 19,282 18,770
Saskatchewan     296 2,060 5,047 3,017 1,765
Alberta     242 1,207 3,663 4,626 6,260
British Columbia   277 554 1,384 2,666 5,969 9,710
Yukon     252 38 2 3 15
Northwest Territories   85     2 11 20

TABLE 2

Population Growth, Jewish and Total, for Canada and Selected Cities, 1981 - 1991
Location Jewish Population Jewish Population Percentage Change Total Population Total Population Percentage Change
  1981 1991   1981 1991  
Canada 312,060 365,315 +14.2 23,797,380 26,994,045 +13.4%
Halifax 1,455 1,755 +20.6 269,890 317,630 +17.7
Montreal 103,425 101,210 -2.1 2,774,000 3,091,115 +11.4
Ottawa-Hull 9,130 11,555 +26.6 711,915 912,095 +28.1
Toronto 128,650 162,605 +26.4 2,954,910 3,863,110 +30.7
Hamilton 4,650 5,145 +10.6 534,380 593,800 +11.1
London 2,330 2,670 +14.6 277,540 376,720 +35.7
Windsor 2,125 1,785 -16.0 241,600 259,290 +17.3
Winnipeg 16,050 15,050 -6.2 572,210 645,610 +12.8
Calgary 6,065 7,155 +18.0 580,585 748,210 +28.9
Edmonton 4,665 5,430 +16.4 643,795 832,160 +29.3
Vancouver 14,795 19,375 +31.0 1,235,855 1,584,115 +28.2

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