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Students and activists protest for an eighth day at an anti-Israel encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP)
August 25, 2026, 6:43 pm
Montreal city council walks back motion to cut ties with Israel
Municipal legislators vote to water down anti-Israel resolution, removing accusations of ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ instead passing a pro-Palestinian solidarity statement
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students and activists protest at an anti-Israel encampment on the campus at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on April 29, 2024. (Graham Hughes/AFP)
August 6, 2026, 4:50 pm
Nearly all Jewish college students in Canada experienced antisemitism last year — report
Comprehensive national study finds that ‘persistent and proliferating’ Jew-hatred has become ‘a normalized and systemic feature of campus life’ in the country
By Zev Stub
Toronto police meet in front of the Rogers Centre before the opening ceremony for the Pan Am Games in Toronto, July 10, 2015. (AP/Gregory Bull)
August 4, 2026, 6:23 am
5 Toronto police officers face punishment for controversial comments after Oct. 7
Remarks on Muslim outreach podcast said to refer to ‘unbelievable’ number of people who converted to Islam after Hamas-led invasion; police call comments ‘biased or inappropriate’
By Ron Kampeas
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
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
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
People attend Canada's Rally for The Jewish People at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 4, 2023. (Shawn Goldberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/ via JTA)
February 5, 2026, 8:59 pm
Canadian Jewish groups decry axing of antisemitism envoy in favor of equality council
Islamophobia representative would also be absorbed by new advisory group geared to ‘foster social cohesion, rally Canadians around shared identity,’ government says
By Grace Gilson
Screen capture of antisemitic content posted to a Canadian medical student social media server Comment reads 'If you mute me karma will make you choke during the MEM [medical interviews]'. (Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism)
May 11, 2025, 6:47 pm
Jewish group exposes antisemitic posts of Quebec med school applicants and students
B’nai Brith Canada finds slew of misogynistic, racist and anti-Jewish hate content, including Holocaust jokes and denial on social media platform accessed by 1,400 people
By ToI Staff
Damage caused by a firebomb at Beth Tikvah synagogue, Montreal, December 18, 2024. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
March 9, 2025, 9:30 am
Canadian Jewish groups underwhelmed by national forum for combatting antisemitism
Ottawa government pledges, including $10 million toward fighting hatred, seen by Jewish organizations as too little, too late
By Zev Stub
The aftermath of a fire outside Schara Tzedeck synagogue in Vancouver, Canada on May 30, 2024. (B'nai B'rith Canada)
May 31, 2024, 10:16 pm
‘Deliberate act of hate’: Canadian synagogue damaged in suspected arson attack
Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says no injuries in fire that was an ‘attempt to intimidate’; extra police patrols put in place at local community institutions
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of gunmen firing shots a the Bais Chaya Mushka Jewish girls school in Toronto, Canada, May 25, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 26, 2024, 8:14 am
Volley of shots fired at Jewish girls’ school in Toronto; no injuries
Two suspects open fire on Bais Chaya Mushka complex in early hours of morning; political leaders condemn incident as antisemitic; Jewish community laments rising hatred
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Demonstrators stage a pro-Israel rally in front of the Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue in Toronto, Canada on March 8, 2024. (Courtesy: BAYT)
March 29, 2024, 3:33 pm
Amid hostility and kosher restrictions, Canadian Jews fear their ‘golden age’ is over
The community is mounting a legal fight against restrictions that coincide with Israel-skeptic policies and expressions of antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
Vandals defaced Quebec province’s oldest synagogue building with Nazi swastikas in March 2023 (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
March 31, 2023, 12:20 pm
Montreal’s oldest synagogue building vandalized with swastikas
Canadian Jewish watchdog to call on city mayor Valérie Plante to do more to fight antisemitism
By David Lazarus
Investigators at a fire at Camp B'nai B'rith in Pontiac, Quebec on Feb. 12, 2023. (Courtesy Collines-de-l’Outaouais via JTA)
February 15, 2023, 12:47 pm
Arson suspected in fires at a B’nai B’rith camp near Ottawa
Firefighters battling blaze at the Jewish-run camp say two buildings burnt; no casualties reported; no evidence of antisemitic motive
By Ron Kampeas
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