@d3bsky,
$ / jQuery is not defined
is caused when jQuery is not loaded in the web-page. Including jQuery should work fine in your case.
If this doesn’t solve the issue you are facing, kindly create a static HTML file reproducing the issue you are facing and share it over Google-Drive or Onedrive so that we can look into your code and help you out.
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Vishwas R
Team CanvasJS