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What happened to the Jews in Canada

29 events, 1832 AD to 2026 AD

Regions in Canada

Cities, towns and sites in Canada

Timeline

19th century

  1. 1832 AD Quebec extends equal rights to Jews · Quebec, Canada

20th century

  1. 1919 AD Enemy alien rules bar Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Turkish Jews · Canada
  2. 1919 AD Jewish-owned business wrecked in Winnipeg anti-alien riots · Winnipeg, Canada
  3. 1919 AD Jews arrested for sedition after Winnipeg General Strike · Winnipeg, Canada
  4. 1921 AD Canada imposes $250 landing money on non-agricultural immigrants · Canada
  5. 1922 AD Occupational test and Canadian consular passport checks · Canada
  6. 1923 AD Racial classification places all Jews in lowest immigration class · Canada
  7. 1930 AD Montreal school compromise relegates Jews to second-class status · Montreal, Canada
  8. c. 1930–1939 AD Canada bars Jewish refugees in the 1930s · Canada
  9. 1933 AD Christie Pits riot · Toronto, Canada
  10. 1934 AD Montreal hospital interns strike over Jewish intern · Montreal, Canada
  11. 1936 AD Quebec removes Jewish exemption from Sunday Observance Act · Quebec, Canada
  12. 1944 AD Ontario enacts Racial Discrimination Act · Ontario, Canada
  13. 1944 AD Quebec City synagogue burned before opening · Quebec City, Canada
  14. 1944 AD University of Manitoba Medical School Jewish quota ended · Winnipeg, Canada
  15. 1950 AD Supreme Court of Canada voids anti-Jewish land covenant (Wolfe case) · Ontario, Canada
  16. c. 1960 AD McGill University caps Jewish admissions at 10 percent · Montreal, Canada
  17. 1981–1983 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Canada · Canada

21st century

  1. 2002 AD Synagogue attacked in Quebec City · Quebec City, Canada
  2. 2002 AD Synagogue attacked in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Toronto, Canada
  3. 2004 AD Jewish books burned in Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Montreal, Canada
  4. 2011 AD Synagogue attacked in Montreal · Montreal, Canada
  5. 2018 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Canada · Canada
  6. 2019 AD Destruction of Jewish property in Winnipeg · Winnipeg, Canada
  7. 2023 AD Attack on Congregation Beth Tikvah synagogue and a Confederation CJA community center · Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada
  8. 2023 AD Attack on Yeshiva Gedola · Montreal, Canada
  9. 2024 AD Attack on Congregation Beth Tikvah synagogue and a Federation CJA community center · Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada
  10. 2024 AD Attack on Congregation Schara Tzedeck synagogue · Vancouver, Canada
  11. 2026 AD 2026 Belleville synagogue shooting · Belleville, Canada

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