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Jews had settled in small communities throughout Western Canada for decades before the Second World War. Some came as farmers, others ran small stores that catered to the Eastern European immigrants. The larger cities of Vancouver, Edmonton,...
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In 1938, Nazi Germany annexed the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia, creating a refugee movement of 80,000 people. Canada agreed to Britain's request to waive its strict immigration regulations and take in a small number of Czech refugees...
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Jews began settling in Quebec in the 18 th century, establishing Canada's first non-aboriginal, non-Christian community. By the 1930s, Montreal was home to 60,000 Jews, making up nearly half of Canada's entire Jewish population. The...
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Toronto's Jewish community was the city's largest non-English speaking ethnic group in the 1940s. Most Jews congregated in the Spadina/Ossington/Harbord/College Street neighbourhoods, nearby the clothing factories along Spadina Avenue where...
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Vancouver is home to Canada's third largest Jewish community. It traces its roots back to the 1870s when a series of gold rushes drew settlers to the new province of British Columbia. In 1948, the community of 5,500 people welcomed a group of...
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At the beginning of the 20 th century, Ottawa's Jewish community had about 400 people, nearly half of which lived in the ByWard Market in Lowertown. The population grew quickly over the next two decades. In 1921, the Jewish Immigration Aid...
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In 1945, most of the 175,000 Jews living in Canada were settled in Montreal and Toronto. Some 30,000 Holocaust survivors arrived in Canada in the first five years after the war. By 1960, Canada's Jewish population was made up of about 15%...
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Despite the evidence of the enormity of the Holocaust , Canadian public opinion remained hostile towards Jews arriving from Europe's displaced persons (DP) camps. The doors began to open only when acute labour shortages forced Mackenzie King...
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