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 3

Birthplace	Percentage
USA	14.0
West, North, Southern Europe, Scandinavia	9.4
Eastern Europe (excluding USSR)	7.2
USSR	24.2
Middle East (excluding Israel)	2.0
Israel	19.2
South Africa	11.0
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia	7.3
Asia	1.2
South America	2.3
Other	1.2
Total	100.0

TABLE 4

Age Distribution of Canadian Jews, 1981 and 1991
	1981	1991
All Ages	312,060	356,325
0 - 4	19,795	25,895
5 - 9	18,785	25,925
10 - 14	19,145	23,035
15 - 19	20,640	22,180
20 - 24	23,330	20,560
25 - 29	27,015	21,735
30 - 34	29,700	25,305
35 - 39	21,165	30,460
40 - 44	15,275	31,975
45 - 49	15,110	22,205
50 - 54	15,935	15,715
55 - 59	19,125	14,335
60 - 64	17,760	15,665
65 - 69	18,275	18,335
70 - 74	15,160	15,910
75 - 79	9,090	13,715
80 - 84	4,675	8,760
85 - 89	1,610	3,515
90+	460	1,100

TABLE 5

Family Status, Canadian Jews and all Canadians, 1991 (Percentages)
Family Status	Canadian Jews	All Canadians
Husband-and-wife families	76.1	74.3
Single-parent females	5.8	7.5
Single-parent males	1.4	1.5
All other families	1.9	3.6
Unattached people	14.2	12.3
Total	100.0	100.0

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