Jewish Immigration In Canada

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Research Notes Assignment Jewish Immigration in Canada 1900 – 1920 Introduction To Jewish Immigration Before the 20th century there weren’t a lot of Jewish immigrants coming into Canada. In 1831 there were only 197 Jewish immigrants living in Canada. That number increased slowly to 451 in 1851. By 1900 only 15000 Jewish people had immigrated to Canada. Starting in the early 20th century there was a surge in the Jewish population. Between 1900 – 1920 over 150 000 Jews immigrated to Canada which was more than 10x the amount of Jewish immigrants in the previous 50 years. Obstacles that Jewish Immigrants had to face during the early 20th Century It was pretty difficult for any minority immigrant to move to Canada but it became much harder of…show more content…
As more and more Jewish people immigrated the more synagogues, Jewish schools, Jewish organizations and much more were being built and created. Most Jewish children would attend public or Jewish day school and attend a local synagogue found in most communities. As the Zionism movement increased with more and more Jews speaking out people began to respect Jews and the culture of Judaism more. Jewish people in Canada began to have more possibilities later in time near the 1920’s. Universities were allowing Jewish people and more and more Jewish people began to be able to provide for themselves and there families. The Canadian Jewish Congress had a different opinion on how minorities were being treated and the British and Canadian government agreed with their opinions. The congress was for Zionism and this definitely benefited the quality of life for a Jewish immigrant. Montreal had the biggest community of jews and still has one of the biggest to this day. Many immigrants had moved to Montreal because most immigrants knew Yiddish and some English, French was a problem. During the mass migration until 1920 jews made themselves comfortable in there new area building 125 synagogues most in montreal. Most of them were orthodox and only a few were reform. Members of the jewish community worked together in building the synagogues because others would not help. Many schools were built ranging from very religious to simple jewish day schools. Yiddish speajing communities began to emerge in different areas in
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