Antisemitism in Canada
127 media-documented antisemitic events in Canada (2019–present): interactive map, yearly trends, official statistics and cited sources.
← All countries on the mapLocations are approximate (city level).Incidents shown: 0
Official count vs media coverage
Official statistics measure incidents; this archive measures how many events reached media and open databases. The gap shows how much stays under-covered.
Official annual figures
Canada
Several bodies count this country — a community monitor, the police, EU-wide reporting. They measure different things on different definitions; the bars share a scale but are not rival estimates of one number.
Antisemitic attitudes
How widespread antisemitic beliefs are in the wider population, from ADL's Global 100 opinion survey. This is not a count of incidents and cannot be compared with one — a country can hold few recorded incidents and widespread prejudice, or the reverse.
- change since 2014
- -6 pts
- worldwide
- 46%
Share of adults agreeing with a majority of 11 tested antisemitic stereotypes. Survey waves are years apart and country panels change between them. ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism ↗
Media coverage by year
By category
Most affected cities
- Toronto38
- Montreal27
- Ottawa5
- Winnipeg4
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux3
- Halifax2
- Calgary2
- Westmount1
Media-documented events
- CanadaAuto-collected from news
16.7% of Canadian hate crimes in 2025 targeted Jews, 1% of country, per state data
Source: JNS ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Two Montreal men arrested in antisemitic attack caught on video - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Currents API ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Antisemitic attacks rising in Canada at alarming rate, says B’nai Brith
Source: The Times of Israel ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Violent Antisemitic Attacks Skyrocket Across Canada, Putting 2026 on Track for Record Year
Source: Algemeiner.com ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
B’nai Brith warns of surge in anti-Jewish violence following attacks in Montreal
Source: Israel National News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal police arrest 2 suspects in connection with antisemitic attacks - CBC
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (US/EN) ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montréal : Une Série D'agressions Antisémites Vise Des Juifs
Source: i24NEWS ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal police treating attack on Hasidic Jews as a hate crime
Source: israelnationalnews.com ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Hasidic Jews targeted with harassment and theft in Montreal , hate crime division investigating
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · nationalpost.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Pair of Antisemitic Attacks Target Jewish Men in Montreal and Toronto Within a Week
Source: Combat Antisemitism Movement ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal police hate crimes division probing incidents that targeted Hasidic Jews Friday
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · montrealgazette.com ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal Jewish man leaving synagogue targeted in antisemitic shtreimel thefts - Ynetnews
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (UK/EN) ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montréal : Une Agression Antisémite Cible Des Hommes Orthodoxes Durant Shabbat
Source: i24NEWS ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Jewish Toronto realtor targeted by violent anti-semitic attack
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Israelnationalnews.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto man accused of making antisemitic threats - CP24
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (US/EN) ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto synagogue targeted in latest Canadian antisemitic attack - The Jerusalem Post
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (US/EN) ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto synagogue vandalized over Shabbat
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Israelnationalnews.com ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Suspect arrested for arson at Montreal synagogue, the latest antisemitic attack in Canada
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · The Times of Israel ↗ - Westmount, CanadaCurated entry
Attempted arson at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Westmount
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Attempted arson at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom synagogue
Source: Times of Israel ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal synagogue arson suspect arrested amid antisemitism surge - The Jerusalem Post
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (US/EN) ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Montreal police investigating attempted arson at Westmount synagogue
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Currents API ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto police arrest four more suspects in anti-Jewish attacks with pellet gun - JNS.org
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (US/EN) ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
4 more charged in suspected hate-motivated assaults against Toronto Jewish community: police
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
4 more arrested after ‘organized’ assaults against Toronto’s Jewish community | Globalnews.ca
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Currents API ↗ - Winnipeg, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Jews faced 86 % of Winnipeg religious hate crimes
Source: jpost.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto man arrested after allegedly shooting at Orthodox Jews outside a synagogue
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · JTA ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Investigators release pictures of suspect sought in Toronto , York synagogue shootings
Source: globalnews.ca ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto Police ask public to help identify suspect who shot at two synagogues
Source: jpost.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from newsSource: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · JTA ↗
- Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Catholic high school in Mississauga target of antisemitic graffiti
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · torontosun.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Toronto Police investigating antisemitic caricatures of Jews at demonstration
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · CP24 Toronto ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Two Toronto-area synagogues sprayed with gunfire on Shabbat
Source: CBC News ↗ - Halifax, CanadaAuto-collected from news
‘He’s petrified’: Halifax Jewish student pulled from school following antisemitic harassment
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · National Post ↗ - Winnipeg, CanadaCurated entry
Swastikas and hate messages sprayed on Winnipeg's Shaarey Zedek synagogue
Source: THEJ.CA ↗ - Ottawa, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Sentencing for former City of Ottawa lawyer who vandalized Holocaust memorial to come early 2026
Source: nationalpost.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue attacked for tenth time in 18 months
Source: CP24 ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue windows smashed
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Halifax, CanadaCurated entry
Three Halifax synagogues defaced with antisemitic graffiti in one night
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency ↗ - Ottawa, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Man accused of stabbing elderly Jewish woman in Ottawa has history of antisemitic comments
Source: standard-freeholder.com ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Jewish father beaten in front of his children in Montreal park
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Victoria, CanadaCurated entry
Threatening antisemitic graffiti at Victoria's Congregation Emanu-El
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Man Who Threatened to Bomb Every Synagogue in Toronto Sentenced to 60 Days of House Arrest
Source: theepochtimes.com ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Jewish doctors in Canada under attack : We fear for our lives , considering immigratio
Source: ynetnews.com ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Third shooting of the year at Toronto Jewish girls school
Source: CBC News ↗ - Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CanadaCurated entry
Congregation Beth Tikvah synagogue firebombed a second time
Source: CBC News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Cafe franchisee films Nazi salute and 'final solution' remark at Montreal protest
Source: Global News ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
A Jewish school was attacked with Molotov cocktails by unknown perpetrators, resulting in a fire that significantly damaged the building.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Two cars were vandalized in the parking lot of a radio station right after the vehicles' owners had participated in a public discussion about Jewish-Arab solidarity.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Several businesses and public utility infrastructures were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti over the span of several months.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Mass bomb threat emailed to over 100 Jewish institutions across Canada
Source: CBC News ↗ - Calgary, CanadaCurated entry
Threatening pro-Hamas graffiti near Calgary synagogue and Jewish school
Source: The Jerusalem Post ↗ - Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CanadaCurated entry
Stones on graves arranged into swastika at Montreal-area Jewish cemetery
Source: The Jerusalem Post ↗ - Toronto, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Synagogue in Toronto, Canada attacked in antisemitic criminal incident - The Jerusalem Post
Source: Antisemitic Incidents Tracker · Google News (UK/EN) ↗ - Vancouver, CanadaCurated entry
Arson attack on Schara Tzedeck synagogue in Vancouver
Source: CBC News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Shots fired at Belz Yeshiva Ketana school in Montreal
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Gunfire strikes Bais Chaya Mushka Jewish girls school in Toronto
Source: The Times of Israel ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Five windows smashed with hammer at Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Vaughan, CanadaCurated entry
Hours-long protest outside Thornhill synagogue hosting Israeli real estate event
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Man threatens to bomb 'every synagogue in Toronto'
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Fredericton, CanadaCurated entry
Fredericton synagogue windows smashed on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Source: Global News ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
A Jewish-owned grocery store was set on fire and spray-painted with a message in connection to the conflict in the Middle East. The incident was investigated as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
Canada : un centre juif visé par une nouvelle attaque au cocktail Molotov
Source: lepoint.fr ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from newsSource: lanouvelle.net ↗
- Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Poilievre condamne les « attaques terroristes » visant les Juifs à Montréal
Source: tvanouvelles.ca ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Montreal Jewish school Yeshiva Gedola hit by gunfire a second time
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Indigo bookstore vandalized in incident police called hate-motivated
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Indigo bookstore vandalized with posters targeting Jewish founder
Source: Global News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Jewish students targeted in violent altercation at Concordia University
Source: Federation CJA ↗ - Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CanadaCurated entry
Molotov cocktails thrown at synagogue and Jewish centre in Dollard-des-Ormeaux
Source: CBC News ↗ - Calgary, CanadaCurated entry
Man causes antisemitic disturbance at Calgary Jewish Community Centre
Source: Global News ↗ - Montreal, CanadaAuto-collected from news
Swastikas mar historic Orthodox synagogue in Montreal
Source: jns.org ↗ - Montreal, CanadaCurated entry
Swastikas spray-painted on Montreal's Bagg Street Shul
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Jewish man's kippah torn off and stomped in Toronto
Source: Global News ↗ - Winnipeg, CanadaAuto-collected from news
An insult to both the living and the dead : Jewish cemetery vandalized in Winnipeg
Source: winnipeg.ctvnews.ca ↗ - Winnipeg, CanadaCurated entry
About 70 gravestones toppled at Winnipeg Jewish cemetery
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Nazi salutes and swastika reported at Toronto public schools
Source: The Canadian Jewish News ↗ - Ottawa, CanadaCurated entry
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Ottawa City Hall and courthouse
Source: CBC News ↗ - Toronto, CanadaCurated entry
Beth Sholom Synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti
Source: CTV News ↗ - CanadaAuto-collected from news
A number of Jewish-owned properties were vandalized when mezuzot were damaged or removed from doorposts.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗
Antisemitism by country
- United States7061
- United Kingdom922
- Italy761
- Spain257
- Poland250
- Netherlands242
- France239
- Ukraine140
- Germany137
- Canada127
- Switzerland103
- Austria82
- Australia76
- Russia60
- Belgium57
- Argentina55
- Czechia52
- Hungary49
- Greece45
- Lithuania33
- Brazil33
- Turkey32
- Bulgaria27
- Serbia22
- Sweden21
- Iran17
- Romania17
- New Zealand16
- Chile15
- South Africa12
- Ireland11
- Mexico10
- Denmark10
- Portugal8
- Norway7
- Belarus7
- Georgia6
- Croatia6
- North Macedonia5
- Moldova5
- Malaysia5
- Armenia5
- Colombia5
- Slovakia5
- Algeria4
- Tunisia4
- Finland4
- Pakistan4
- Estonia3
- Azerbaijan3
- Uruguay3
- United Arab Emirates3
- China3
- Kuwait3
- India3
- Latvia3
- Kazakhstan2
- Japan2
- Egypt2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Cyprus1
- Morocco1
- Peru1
- Lebanon1
- Slovenia1
- Sri Lanka1
- Qatar1
- Venezuela1
- Vietnam1
- Nicaragua1
- Luxembourg1
- Syria1
- Indonesia1
- Singapore1
- Paraguay1
- Jordan1
- Ethiopia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1
- Mauritania1
- Iceland1