Category: Canada

The Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross (V.C.) is the highest honour available to Canadians. What is the highest award a Canadian soldier can receive? The Victoria CrossThe Victoria Cross The Canadian honour system has orders, decorations and medals. The Victoria Cross is the highest honour that can be given to a Canadian. It is a […]

Order of Canada Order of Canada Ordre du Canada Total inductees 7,212 (as of January 2020) Precedence Next (higher) Member of the Order of Merit Next (lower) Commander of the Order of Military Merit What is highest award in Canada? The Order of Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honours System. Presented by the […]

The Shearith Israel Congregation in Montréal was the first to be established in Canada, in 1768 after the Conquest, when Jews were first allowed into Québec. Nine years later, the congregation built their first building on Chenneville Street, in the Faubourg St-Laurent, just outside the gates of the fortified city. Where do most Jews live […]

The Canadian Jewish community is largely a product of immigration which occurred between 1880 and 1930, when the overwhelming majority of arrivals did share a common language (Yiddish), a common geographic if not political origin (eastern Europe) and a common form of religious expression (Ashkenazi Orthodoxy). How did the Jews get to Canada? Jews fled […]

Origins. Immigrants from each immigration wave from Asia, as well as their Canadian-born descendants, have contributed to the ethnocultural diversity of the country’s population. In 2016, a total of 6,095,235 people in Canada reported having Asian origins, representing 17.7% of Canada’s population. Is there a lot of Asians in Canada? In the contemporary era, Asians […]

The areas of Canada with the highest percentage population of Russian Canadians are the Prairie Provinces. Provinces & territories. Province / Territory Percent Russians Total Russians Quebec 0.6% 47,195 Saskatchewan 3.3% 35,920 Yukon 1.7% 660 Canada — Total 1.5% 548,140 Where are Russians moving to? In 2022, 104,000 Russian citizens have registered their stay in […]

Between 1933 and 1948, less than 5,000 Jewish refugees were allowed into Canada – the smallest number of any Allied nation. Canada was one of the nations that refused to allow entry to passengers on the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees trying to escape the Nazis. When were Jews allowed […]

Only 5,000 Jewish refugees were permitted to enter Canada from 1933 to 1947. How many Jews immigrated to Canada during ww2? Despite the frantic efforts of advocates both within and beyond the Canadian Jewish community, Canada would admit only a small number of Jews attempting to escape Nazi oppression. Between 1933 and 1948, less than […]

In the contemporary era, Asians form a significant minority within the national population, with over 7 million Canadians being of Asian geographical descent as of 2021. How many Asians are in Canada? Ethnic and cultural origins Immigrants from each immigration wave from Asia, as well as their Canadian-born descendants, have contributed to the ethnocultural diversity […]

Beginning in the 1960s racial and national restrictions were removed from Canada’s immigration policies resulting in the explosive growth of South Asian community. The South Asian Canadian community grew from just 6,774 in 1961 to 67,925 just ten years later in 1971. Why do South Asians come to Canada? Canadians of South Asian heritage Immigration […]