An Introduction to Jewish Montreal

There has been a continuous Jewish presence in Montreal since the 1760s. Today, Montreal’s Jewish population is more than 92,000, making it the second largest in Canada and tenth largest in North America. The community began to grow around the turn of the century. Jews comprise 2.8% of the total population of the city.

While the community is well integrated with the broader Quebec society, it maintains a comprehensive network of institutions and services, including synagogues, cultural venues, schools, senior centres, social services, employment counseling, sheltered workshops for the mentally and physically challenged, and health care facilities, to name just a few. Federation CJA arranges Missions to Montreal in order to sensitize people about the Jewish community.

 

Stories from Jewish Montreal
  • The staff at Ometz are there to lend support to those in need.
    Agence Ometz - Supporting our vulnerable
    Without Federation CJA, we wouldn’t be able to make sure that the family coming in for help has a roof over its head. Or the family that just lost a parent is able to talk about it. Or the young person who was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia has somewhere to go and has someone with whom to talk. It translates into people helping people. (more)
  • Fostering Jewish identity through overnight camping
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  • GEN J: Invest, Inspire, Create, Connect
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  • Photo: Jonathan Levine (UJC)
    Project Genesis helps tenants ensure fair rental increases
    Project Genesis, the storefront community organization that assists people on low income, handled about 800 in-person interventions related to rental increases last year, which is pretty typical. (more)
  • Photo: Jonathan Levine (UJC)
    Agence Ometz preparing for financial fall-out
    By Dr. Mitch Shiller
    President, Agence Ometz

    It is difficult to predict how the economic crisis that began last summer will play out over the coming year. Some financial experts are distressingly pessimistic in their analyses; others are relatively optimistic... (more)
  • Holocaust survivor Leslie Vertes (second from right) meets delegates from Westmount High School. Photo courtesy of CJC,QR
    Human Promise: youth initiative on human rights
    The Human Promise is a grassroots organization run entirely by secondary school students. They do not disguise their disappointment at the international community’s failure to fulfill the promise made in the wake of the Holocaust that “never again” would genocide be ignored. (more)
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