Anti-Semitic Incidents in Canada Hit Record High in 2025, Advocacy Group Says

Richard Robertson, director of research and advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada, speaks as B’nai Brith Canada holds a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 27, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada, including vandalism and harassment targeting Jews, reached a record high in 2025, Jewish service organization B’nai Brith said.

At a news conference on Parliament Hill April 27, B’nai Brith said it recorded 6,800 anti-Semitic incidents across Canada in 2025, a 9.3 percent increase from the previous year and a 145.6 percent jump from 2022.