Violent antisemitic incidents far outpacing 2025: B'nai Brith Canada
The group said the 27 incidents since Jan. 1 already exceed the 10 it documented in all of 2025, prompting calls for a national task force.
- B'nai Brith Canada announced in a special mid-year report that 27 violent antisemitic incidents have been documented so far this year, already surpassing the 10 recorded throughout all of 2025.
- CEO Noah Shack reported a "marked resurgence" of hate crimes since the start of the Iran War, including shootings at three Toronto synagogues and a Montreal synagogue firebombing.
- Richard Robertson, B'nai Brith Canada's Director of Research and Advocacy, stated the attacks are "becoming more targeted, more brazen, and more heinous," with 2026 volumes surpassing 2022, 2024, and 2025 totals.
- B'nai Brith is urging Ottawa to establish a National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, seeking criminalization of terrorism glorification and enhanced hate crime training for law enforcement.
- The Integrated Threat Assessment Centre warns violent extremist threats against Jewish communities will likely continue over the next six months, as authorities have disrupted four plots against Jewish targets since the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict.
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