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This chapter has three purposes. The first purpose is to examine the Canadian census instrument in general, and uses of census data for a range of objectives relating to Jews. In particular, this involves a critical analysis of the questions on religion and ethnic origin. The second purpose is to focus on the specific change of method in the 2011 census and local concerns of the leadership of the Canadian Jewish community. In 2011, the questions on religion and ethnic origin were no longer mandatory and were instead posed on a voluntary National Household Survey (NHS). The third purpose is to introduce a “Revised Jewish Definition” as a broader construct for estimating the Canadian Jewish population and to present counts for 2011. This chapter thus updates and explicates the recent treatment of estimates of Canadian Jewish population using the National Household Survey by DellaPergola (2014, pp. 316–318).
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This chapter is a revised version of our paper presented at the World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, July, 2013. We wish to thank Sergio DellaPergola and Charles Shahar for comments and assistance.
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Weinfeld, M., Schnoor, R.F. (2015). The Demography of Canadian Jewry, the “Census” of 2011: Challenges and Results. In: Dashefsky, A., Sheskin, I. (eds) American Jewish Year Book 2014. American Jewish Year Book, vol 114. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09623-0_18
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