Canadian Studies

Canadian Census

The Data Bank holds information from the Canadian Census, including statistics on Candian Jewry as a whole and the same information broken down for: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Windsor

For more information, you can also see the Statistics Canada site.

Jewish Identity in Canada and the United States, 1990-1991

Jewish Identity in Canada and The United States: 1990-1991 (PDF) was written by Barry A. Kosmin, and published in 1994. It provides a comparison of the Jewish populations of Canada and the the United States using the 1990 NJPS and the Canadian Government Census of 1991. It concludes that the societal processes affecting Jews in both nations are similar and the gap is not as wide as some might have predicted.

Size and Distribution of Canada's Jewish Population (Joseph Yam), 1974

In the Size and Distribution of Canada's Jewish Population, 1974 (PDF) report, Joseph Yam explores demographics of the Jewish population through an analysis of the 1971 Canadian census. He reviews major trends and makes suggestions from the data. He also includes data and presents graphs going back to 1871 and an appendix with methodological information.