Israeli Canadians

{{short description|Community of Canadians of Israeli descent or with Israeli citizenship}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

|group = Israeli Canadians

|native_name = {{native name|he|ישראלים קנדים}}
{{native name|fr|Canadiens israéliens}}

|image =

|caption = Israeli Canadians and Jewish Canadians celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut in Toronto.

|population = 35,345
(by ancestry, 2021 Census){{cite web|title=Canada Census Profile 2021|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&HEADERlist=31&SearchText=Canada|website=Census Profile, 2021 Census|date = 7 May 2021|publisher=Statistics Canada Statistique Canada|access-date=3 January 2023}}

|popplace =

|langs = Canadian English{{·}}Canadian French{{·}}Hebrew{{·}} Arabic{{·}}Russian{{·}}Yiddish

|rels = Mostly Jewish
(Muslim and Christian minorities){{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

|related = Canadian Jews, Arab Canadians

}}

Israeli Canadians ({{langx|he|יִשְׂרְאֵלִים קָנָדִים}}) are Canadian citizens of Israeli descent or Israel-born people who reside in Canada. According to the 2011 Census there were 15,010 Canadians who claimed full or partial Israeli ancestry, although it is estimated that as many as 30,000 Israelis live in Canada,{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishagency.org/nr/exeres/ef51326b-a217-4e16-8b3c-61f996184077,frameless.htm?nrmode=published |title=A History of the Canadian Jewish Community |access-date=2013-02-02 |archive-date=2010-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621004447/http://jewishagency.org/nr/exeres/ef51326b-a217-4e16-8b3c-61f996184077,frameless.htm?nrmode=published |url-status=dead }} making it home to one of the largest Israeli diaspora groups in the world.

According to the 2016 Population Group Reference Guide published by Statistics Canada, those who trace their ancestry to present-day Israel or the greater Levant are classified as West Asian origin and visible minorities, provided they do not specify another European write-in response.[https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/ref/guides/006/98-500-x2016006-eng.cfm?wbdisable=true Visible Minority and Population Group Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016]