A total of 9,386 Jews arrived in Canada in 1948 among a total of 125,414 immigrants, it was revealed here in a statistical analysis released over the week-end. Most of the Jewish immigrants came from various European DP camps. The number of Jews who entered Canada in 1947 was 1,886.
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