Intermarriage among Jews in Canada is on the increase, according to figures released by the Research Department of the Canadian Jewish Congress. During the period 1926-1930, mixed marriages averaged 4.9 percent of all marriages in which one or both partners to the marriage were Jewish. The corresponding figure for the year 1944 was 11 percent and in 1950 10.1 per 1,000.
Canada is the only country in the English speaking world for which official statistics concerning intermarriage are available. In the quinquennial period 1926-30 there were 338 mixed marriages; 1931-35 there were 390 mixed marriages; 1936-40 there were 562 mixed marriages; 1941-45 there were 940 mixed marriages and 1,015 mixed marriages during the years 1946-50,
The research department of the Canadian Jewish Congress also released data on Jewish birth and death rates in Canada. The data indicates that the general trend of Jewish birth rates in Canada has been on the Increase. The figure was 15.5 per 1,000 in 1926 and 19.9 per 1,000 in 1950; there was a period of decrease during the years 1930-1940, when the rate fell to an all-time low of 12.5 per 1,000 (in 1937).
The Jewish death rate has been increasing steadily, the figures show. It was U per 1,000 in 1925, and 7.9 per 1,000 in 1949. The death rate of the total population was 11.4 per 1,000 in 1926, and 8.9 per 1,000 in 1950. The rate of natural increase–excess of births over deaths–of Jewish population in Canada was 11.1 per 1000 in 1926; 5.9 per 1.000 in 1937, and 12.4 per 1,000 in 1950. The corresponding figures for the total population were 10.7 per 1,000 in 1926; 9.5 per 1,000 in 1937, and 19.2 per 1,000 in 1947.
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