Israeli Canadians

Israeli Canadians
ישראלים קנדים (Hebrew)
Canadiens israéliens (French)
Israel Canada
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]

  1. ^ "Canada Census Profile 2021". Census Profile, 2021 Census. Statistics Canada Statistique Canada. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ A History of the Canadian Jewish Community
  3. ^ Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016