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Jewish communities in Canada

In a steady upward trend over the past century, Canadian Jews have become the fourth largest Diaspora community in the world.

According to a 2014 report by the Jewish Federations of Canada (based on the country’s 2011 National Household Survey), there are about 391,665 Jews living in the country. As of Jan. 1 of this year, Canada’s total population is 36,048,500. That means Jews make up about 1.1 percent of the Canadian population.

About 226,610 Jews, or 57.9 percent of all of Canadian Jewry, live in the Ontario province. Its capital, Toronto, is Canada’s largest city and the country’s financial and cultural hub. It’s also the center of Jewish life.

Montreal is home to large Mizrahi, Sephardic, Hasidic and other diverse Jewish communities in the Mile End neighborhood and along The Main. The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the Snowdon neighborhood dates to 1760, making it the oldest Jewish institution in Canada.