On April 27, 2026, B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights published its Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents for the year 2025.
Here are excerpts from the report:
During 2025, B’nai Brith Canada documented 6,800 incidents of antisemitism. This is equivalent to 18.6 incidents, on average, each day.
This is the highest volume recorded in the annual Audit since its inception in 1982.
When compared to previous years, the 2025 figures appear especially significant. The total number of incidents increased 9.4 per cent from 2024 to 2025, and 145.6 per cent from 2022 – prior to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks – to 2025.
Ontario, the Prairies, Atlantic Canada, and British Colombia experienced significant increases in the number of documented incidents. In Quebec and Alberta, the total number declined.
Most incidents occurred online, reinforcing a trend that has emerged in recent years.
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Several notable examples of antisemitism in Canada during 2025 included:
Student organizations across Canada participated in a demonstration during March that targeted Israel with slogans and placards that contained antisemitic rhetoric.
Candidates participating in the Federal Election during 2025, including Jewish members of Parliament, had their materials vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, including the Hakenkreuz.
In June, a former City of Ottawa lawyer desecrated the National Holocaust Memorial with the words, “FEED ME,” in what he later described as an attempt to compare the Holocaust to the conflict in Gaza. This is a grotesque example of Holocaust inversion.
Also in June, organizers of an LGBTQIA+ pride demonstration in Montreal attempted to bar a Jewish group from participating in the event.
A Jewish man walking in a Montreal park was assaulted during August, and the attacker threw his Yarmulke into a puddle of water.
During September, two synagogues in Halifax were desecrated with the Hakenkreuz, while a nearby Jewish community centre was defaced with the words “Jews did 9/11” on its exterior.
A McGill University building was vandalized in November with the words, “Kill all Jews.”
Supporters of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh, sought to carry out a terrorist attack in Canada. Security officials said the suspects were inspired by an IS-linked massacre at Bondi Beach, in Australia, during Hannukah last December.
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Trends in Antisemitic Incidents, Regional Breakdown (2025):
Atlantic Canada: 384 (Increased);
Quebec: 573 (Decreased);
Ontario: 3,194 (Increased);
Prairies: 841 (Increased);
Alberta: 677 (Decreased);
British Columbia: 847 (Increased);
Territories – Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut: 13 (Decreased);
Canada-Wide: 271 (Decreased).
O download the Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025 click here.