History of the Jews in Canada Facts for Kids

The history of the Jews in Canada is the history of Canadian citizens who follow Judaism as their religion and/or are ethnically Jewish.

Early history (1759-1850)

Congregation Emmanu-El Synagogue (1863) in Victoria, British Columbia, the oldest Synagogue in Canada still in use, and the oldest on the West Coast of North America
Graves in Jewish cemetery at Lipton Colony, Saskatchewan, 1916
The Jewish General Hospital opened in Montreal in 1934.
Jewish soldiers fought in the Canadian military during World War II.
Stolperstein for Rudi Terhoch in Velen-Ramsdorf, a Jewish survivor in Canada
Israeli Canadians and Jewish Canadians celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut in Toronto.
Percentage of Jewish population in Canada, 2001.
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Samuel Bronfman is a member of the Bronfman Canadian Jewish family dynasty.
Benjamin Hart, businessman, militia officer, and justice of the peace, 1855
The Ward, Toronto, a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood, 1910
Jewish rag picker, Bloor Street West, Toronto, 1911
Dedication of the new Synagogue, Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Rabbi Joseph Rabin carrying the Torah, 1929
The Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario was established in 1927 and served as a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War