About Canada
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest binational land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. One third of the population lives in the three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Around 25 million tourists visited Canada in 2015, these tourists came for many different reasons, winter sports is a big draw and there are many resorts that cater to this. During the summer months there are many festivals throughout the cities and also in the winter resorts.
Jewish History Of Canada
There are around 375,000 Jews in Canada. This total would account for approximately 1.1% of the Canadian population. The Jewish community in Canada is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews and their descendants. Other Jewish ethnic divisions are also represented, including Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and a number of converts. The Jewish Canadian community manifests a wide range of Jewish cultural traditions, as well as encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish religious observance. Though a small minority, Canadian Jews have had an open presence in the country since the arrival of the first Jewish immigrants after the British took possession of nearly all of New France after the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War. Just as the general population mainly resides in towns and cities, so too does the Jewish population. Toronto and Montreal are the main communities Toronto with 200,000 and Montreal with about 90,000. These are the places where most of the kosher restaurants are. Other major towns and cities have smaller Jewish populations and consequently fewer kosher facilities, but there are many places one can visit that has kosher food and in some cases kosher restaurants.
