and local festivals and churches add to the multicultural character of the city. The neighbouring city of Laval also has a sizable Greek community, predominantly residing in the borough of Chomedey. Eastern Europeans In 1931 the largest non-French, non-British ethnic group in St. Eusebe and St. Gabriel was the Poles. In 1931 the largest non-French, non-British ethnic group in Cremazie was the Czecho-Slovaks. In 1931 the largest non-French, non-British ethnic group in St. Marie was the Lithuanians. In 1931 the largest non-French, non-British ethnic group in St. Georges was the Finns. Jews Montreal's Jewish community is one of the oldest and most populous in the country, formerly first but now second to Toronto and numbering about 100,000 according to the 2001 census. The community is quite diverse, and is composed of many different Jewish ethnic divisions that arrived in Canada at different periods of time and under differing circumstances. Jews comprised 2.4% of the total Montreal population. Middle Eastern According to CH (Montreal's multicultural channel) there are now over 117,000 people of Arab origin in Montreal. Montreal has sizeable communities of Lebanese, Syrian and Egyptian origin. The main Arab district is the borough of Saint-Laurent, which contains an Arab population of about 32,000 (52 percent of the population). In 1931 the Syro-Lebanese were the largest non-French and non-British ethnic group in Ville Marie. Lebanese According to the 2011 Census there were 190,275 Canadians who claimed Lebanese ancestry, with the largest concentration in Montreal, making them by far the largest group of people with Arabic-speaking roots. Moroccans As of the 2001 Canadian Census there were over 16,000 Canadians of Moroccan descent in Montreal, about 75% of the total Moroccan population of Canada. Armenian As of 2005 there were almost 30,000 ethnic Armenians in Montreal. There are Armenian community institutions such as schools, youth organizations, and churches. The authors of "The Chameleon Character of Multilingual Literacy Portraits: Researching in "Heritage" Language Places and Spaces" wrote that in Montreal "there is no recognizable materially bounded Armenian neighborhood". As of 2005 there are three Armenian schools in Montreal, one of which is a day school, L'École Arménienne Sourp Hagop. The Armenians first settled Canada in 1880. The first Armenian community in Montreal originally had 225 people. Berbers Especially from Algeria and Morocco, this immigration is recent and almost 90,000 Berbers live in Montreal. Caribbean Additional West Indian women, from both the Francophone and Anglophone