Israeli Canadians

Israeli Canadians

ישראלים קנדים (Hebrew) Canadiens israéliens (French)
Total population
35,345 (by ancestry, 2021 Census)[1]
Languages
Canadian English · Canadian French · Hebrew · Arabic · Russian · Yiddish
Religion
Mostly Jewish (Muslim and Christian minorities)
Related ethnic groups
Canadian Jews, Arab Canadians

Israeli Canadians (Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִים קָנָדִים) are Canadian citizens of Israeli descent or Israel-born people who reside in Canada. According to the 2011 Census there were 15,010 Canadians who claimed full or partial Israeli ancestry, although it is estimated that as many as 30,000 Israelis live in Canada,^[2] making it home to one of the largest Israeli diaspora groups in the world.

According to the 2016 Population Group Reference Guide published by Statistics Canada, those who trace their ancestry to present-day Israel or the greater Levant are classified as West Asian origin and visible minorities, provided they do not specify another European write-in response.^[3]

Province or territory	Israelis
Ontario	9,250
Quebec	3,100
British Columbia	1,190
Alberta	1,070
Manitoba	340
Nova Scotia	35
New Brunswick	25
Saskatchewan	1
Newfoundland and Labrador	0
Yukon	0
Prince Edward Island	0
Northwest Territories	0
Nunavut	0

Moshe Safdie	Sofia Polgar	Corey Haim	Sam Katz
Niv Fichman	Simcha Jacobovici	Eliezer Sherbatov

• Middle Eastern Canadians
• West Asian Canadians
• History of the Jews in Canada
• Canada–Israel relations
• Yerida
• Israeli Americans

• Linn, R., & Barkan-Ascher, N. (1994). Imaginary Suitcases in the Lives of Israeli Expatriates in Canada: A Psychological Look at a Unique Historical Phenomenon. Canadian Jewish Studies Études Juives Canadiennes, 2. https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.19785.