Jewish immigrants from Poland made up the largest group of Jewish newcomers to Canada during the years of 1948-52, the Canadian Jewish Congress reported. Of the total of 34,862 Jews to arrive during the period, 13,000 were Polish Jews.
Other major groups of immigrants came from the following countries: Britain, 3,422; United States, 3,307; Hungary, 2,139; Czechoslovakia, 2,067; Israel, 1,800; Germany, 1,792; Rumania, 1,708; and France, 1,125.
A total of 6,450 Jews emigrated from Canada in the period 1948-1952, including 6,200 to the United States and 250 to Israel.
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