{"id":141022,"date":"2026-07-23T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/141022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:49:10","slug":"16-7-of-canadian-hate-crimes-in-2025-targeted-jews-1-of-country-per-state-data-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/141022\/","title":{"rendered":"16.7% of Canadian Hate Crimes in 2025 Targeted Jews, 1% of Country, per State Data | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe remain among the most targeted minority groups in Canada,\u201d Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, told JNS.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Jews were targets of 788 hate crimes in Canada\u201470.7% of the 1,115 such attacks based on religion, according to newly released data from the national Canadian statistical office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain among the most targeted minority groups in Canada,\u201d Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, senior director of policy and advocacy at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, told JNS.<\/p>\n

There have been instances where Jews \u201chave not had their complaints taken seriously or not dealt with appropriately,\u201d Kirzner-Roberts said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to continue to encourage community members to report,\u201d she told JNS. \u201cObviously, we cannot allow hate criminals to act with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA, told JNS that \u201cunless these incidents are reported, we\u2019re missing a crucial step to ensure that every time a hate crime is perpetrated, the perpetrator is held to account.\u201d<\/p>\n

Statistics Canada, a state agency, released new data<\/a> on Wednesday. The country recorded 4,708 hate crimes last year, meaning that Jews were targets of 16.7% of all hate crimes in Canada.<\/p>\n

Some 1%<\/a> of Canadians are Jewish.<\/p>\n

Pat Johnson, founder of the charity Upstanders Canada Antiracism Society, told JNS that the country\u2019s data reflects a \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not taking this crisis seriously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In 2021, 492 anti-Jewish hate crimes were reported in Canada, or about 56% of all religion-based hate crimes (886) and about 14.7% of all hate crimes (3,355). The next largest religious group to be targeted was Muslims, and the 142 anti-Muslim hate crimes were 16% of all religion-based hate crimes and about 4% of all hate crimes.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Jews were targets of 527 hate crimes, which was about 69% of all religion-based hate crimes and about 14.6% of all hate crimes. In 2023, the year in which Hamas led the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, anti-Jewish hate crimes surged about 82%\u2014to 959 incidents, which was 71% of all religion-based hate crimes and about 20% of all hate crimes.<\/p>\n

Hate crimes targeting Muslims dropped by about 23% from 2021 to 2022, and then rose by 102% in 2023, when the 220 anti-Muslim incidents represented about 16% of religion-based hate crimes and about 5% of all hate crimes.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Muslims represented about 4.9% of Canadians, per official national data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hate crimes targeting Jews dropped slightly, by 2%, from 2023 to 2024, when the 943 anti-Jewish incidents were about 69% of religion-based hate crimes and about 19% of all hate crimes. From 2023 to 2024, anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 5%, before dropping 11% in 2025.<\/p>\n

Between 2021 and 2024, anti-Jewish hate crimes rose by about 92%.<\/p>\n

Johnson, of Upstanders, told JNS that many see Jew-hatred as \u201ca disordered political commentary and not racist behavior, because we hear very often that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people look at some of the things that are happening today and put it down to \u2018anti-Zionism,\u2019 which they see as a political statement even though if it turns violent, it is obviously a statement of a very disordered nature,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism \u201cis irrelevant to the Jew with the boot to their head,\u201d he told JNS.<\/p>\n

Kirzner-Roberts, of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, told JNS that \u201cwe are continuing to see a level of hate crime aimed at Jews that is dramatically higher than anything that we experienced before Oct. 7, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Teper, president of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation, a charity, told JNS the police data is \u201chardly surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy reaction is we have to keep fighting even harder,\u201d he said. \u201cThe gloves are off, and we are informing the police about every crime that comes to our attention, and we\u2019re demanding results.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now seeing the police cracking down and issuing serious terrorist offenses,\u201d he told JNS.<\/p>\n

But the reported statistics are \u201cthe tip of the iceberg,\u201d according to Teper, who said that it can take a long time for police to respond, and many don\u2019t want to wait around to report a hate crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people don\u2019t have that degree of dogged determination,\u201d he told JNS. \u201cThis is from personal experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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