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antisemitism in Canada

People walk by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, created by internationally renowned architect Antoine Predock on August 13, 2023, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
June 30, 2026, 6:56 am
Canadian Museum for Human Rights opens ‘Nakba’ exhibit despite pushback from Jewish leaders
Jewish group calls to hold museum’s leadership ‘accountable for this egregious mishandling,’ which led sole Jewish board member to resign
By Grace Gilson
Toronto Police officers work around the scene of a shooting at the US Consulate in Toronto, Canada, on March 10, 2026. (Cole BURSTON / AFP)
June 17, 2026, 4:24 am
Toronto police say hired gunmen appear to be targeting Jewish sites
”We just don’t know the scope of it’: Officers say assailants are being enlisted through encrypted apps, with those hiring them seeking ‘to create a sense of fear’ in the Jewish community
By Luke Tress
People participate in the Walk with Israel in Toronto, June 7, 2026. (Sharon Aschaiek)
June 8, 2026, 5:07 pm
Record turnout for Toronto pro-Israel march as violent antisemitism spikes across Canada
60,000 from diverse communities join annual Walk with Israel as Jewish groups fault government for weak response to the highest levels of Jew-hatred since World War II
By Sharon Aschaiek
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Economic Club in New York on May 28, 2026. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 6, 2026, 6:42 am
Canadian Jews divided by PM Carney’s new council tasked with addressing antisemitism
Critics say council’s general targeting of ‘hate’ is too broad, object to some of its members and call on Canada ‘to recognize anti-Zionist extremism as a driver of hostility’
By Shira Li Bartov
Fire damage at Montreal's Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom synagogue seen on June 5, 2026, after an arson attack. (CTV youtube screenshot)
June 6, 2026, 5:34 am
Suspect arrested for arson at Montreal synagogue, amid surging antisemitism in Canada
Window smashed, minor burn damage caused to Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, which was targeted last year with swastika graffiti. ‘We are unfortunately not surprised,’ says rabbi
By ToI Staff
An imitation gun suspected to have been used in drive-by shootings on members of the Jewish community in Toronto, Canada, May 2026. (Toronto Police Service)
June 4, 2026, 11:41 am
4 more charged in drive-by gel blaster gun shootings targeting Toronto Jews
Suspects, including teenage girl, accused of assault with a weapon; police say victims, unaware imitation firearms were used, suffered ‘fear, shock’ of believing they were shot at
By ToI Staff
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks at Holy Blossom Temple synagogue in Toronto on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
June 2, 2026, 11:20 am
Carney says Canada has failed its Jews amid surging antisemitism
PM announces new Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion that will examine antisemitism, but stresses no curtailment on freedom of speech
By Rob Gillies
Figures representing National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US President Donald Trump hang from nooses at an anti-Israel protest in Montreal, May 24, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 26, 2026, 3:06 pm
Anti-Israel protesters hang effigies of Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, Trump at Montreal rally
Canadian politicians call the display at demonstration on Sunday ‘disgusting, antisemitic and clear incitement’
By Zev Stub
Police cars at the scene of a shooting with a replica gun outside a synagogue in Toronto on May 8, 2026 (Screen grab/CTV News)
May 10, 2026, 12:07 pm
2026 ‘most violent year in recent memory’ for Canada’s Jews, B’nai Brith warns
Country has already seen 11 violent attacks this year, surpassing the total for all of 2025: ‘A crisis of antisemitism that has spiraled out of control’
By Zev Stub
Police cars at the scene of a shooting with a replica gun outside a synagogue in Toronto on May 8, 2026 (Screen grab/CTV News)
May 8, 2026, 11:49 pm
Man arrested for firing replica weapon in 2 drive-by attacks on Toronto Jews
Suspect, 18, detained after investigation by counter-terror police; allegedly fired at 3 people standing outside synagogue on Thursday, and at a group of Jewish people last week
By ToI Staff
This undated photo shows the Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue in Toronto, Canada. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
May 7, 2026, 12:17 pm
Man charged for shooting at two Toronto-area synagogues in March
Accused, a minor at the time, fired shots at separate synagogues 30 minutes apart over Shabbat; is indicted on illegal weapons and property damage charges
By Michael Horovitz
Protesters gather outside the High Court in London on July 4, 2025 to support a challenge to the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror laws. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
May 6, 2026, 11:10 pm
Canadian Jewish groups call for designating Palestine Action a terrorist entity
The groups say activist network’s guide on how to build ‘cells’ and ‘destroy’ targets incites violence and threatens security
By Grace Gilson
Police investigate the site of North York's Temple Emanu-El after it was targeted by gunfire late on a Monday night, Toronto, March 3, 2026. (Nick Lachance/Toronto Star via Getty Images via JTA)
April 29, 2026, 4:49 pm
Long-sought arrest in Toronto’s anti-Jewish shootings leaves unanswered questions
Suspect Mohamed Mahdi captured days after restaurant was riddled with bullets, but unclear whether wave of attacks is linked and whether more police surveillance can provide long-term security
By Joseph Strauss
Aleph Bet Judaica, seen after a rock was thrown at its window in Toronto, April 26, 2026. (Courtesy via JTA)
April 28, 2026, 2:44 am
Targeting of synagogue, Judaica shop window ratchet up Toronto Jews’ concerns
Unlike other recent attacks on Toronto synagogues and Jewish businesses, which were carried out late at night, these two weekend incidents took place in broad daylight
By Joseph Strauss
A protester is detained by police after jumping a barricade as demonstrators rally on opposite sides of the street in front of the Roy Thomson Hall, where the documentary 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, on September 10, 2025. (Photo by Cole BURSTON / AFP)
April 27, 2026, 6:53 pm
Canadian antisemitism ‘metastasized’ in 2025 with record 6,800 incidents, mostly online
B’nai Brith Canada’s annual report, tallying 10 violent incidents and hundreds of cases of vandalism, says Jew-hatred is ‘national crisis’ that’s become ‘normalized in our society’
By Zev Stub
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