Population and Statistics
Canadian population census figures,
2001
The most recent Canadian population census which asked for
affiliation by religion was taken in 2001. The following
statistical breakdown is based on what is called "the Jewish
Standard Definition" for interpreting Canadian census data. It
includes all who specified Jewish identity by religion and
ethnicity (or) Jewish by religion with another listed ethnicity
(or) Jewish by ethnicity with no religion indicated.
The 2001 census lists 370,505 Jews in Canada. The breakdown of all
Canadian Jewish populations of 200 or more is as follows:
| Toronto |
179,100 |
| Montreal |
92,975 |
| Vancouver |
22,590 |
| Winnipeg |
14,790 |
| Ottawa |
13,445 |
| Calgary |
7,950 |
| Edmonton |
4,920 |
| Hamilton |
4,675 |
| Victoria |
2,595 |
| London |
2,290 |
| Halifax |
1,985 |
| Windsor |
1,525 |
| Kitchener |
1,385 |
| St. Catharines |
1,125 |
| Kingston |
1,090 |
| Oshawa |
905 |
| Guelph |
770 |
| Barrie |
715 |
| Waterloo |
565 |
| Regina |
565 |
| Kelowna |
515 |
| Saskatoon |
505 |
| Peterborough |
355 |
| Fredricton |
290 |
| Nanaimo |
280 |
| Moncton |
265 |
| Prince George |
235 |
| Sarnia |
220 |
| Quebec City |
200 |
| Sudbury |
200 |
Source: 2001 Census Analysis Series: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN
CANADA, by Charles Shahar, for UIA Federations Canada, 2004.