Analyzing The Numbers

Trends and Incident Types

This year’s Audit documents a continued rise in antisemitic incidents across Canada. A total of 6,800 incidents were recorded in 2025, surpassing the previous record of 6,219 in 2024, which itself exceeded the 5,791 incidents documented in 2023. Since 2022, when 2,769 incidents were reported, the total number of incidents has increased by approximately 145.6%.

The 2025 figures also point to a further acceleration in this trend. The increase from 2024 to 2025 was 9.3%, compared with a 7.4% increase from 2023 to 2024. While modest, this higher rate indicates that the growth of antisemitism did not level off in 2025 but continued to intensify. Indeed, the rise recorded in 2025 was second only to the surge that followed the October 7 Hamas-led terror attacks.

As shown in Figure 1, antisemitic incidents have increased in six of the past seven years. This broader upward trend was also accompanied by a corresponding rise in harassment incidents (see Figure 2). Online incidents increased by 16.4% in 2025, and incidents of online harassment have risen by 203.9% since 2022.

Figure 1. 7 Year Trend of Total Antisemitic Incidents

Figure 2. Incident Types, 2022–2025

Figure 3. Breakdown by Type, 2025

Regional Breakdown

For the purposes of this Audit, antisemitic incidents are broken down by region. The regions are assembled by aggregating Jewish communities of different sizes in provinces within similar geographic domains across Canada.

Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec each comprise their own region. The Atlantic Canada Region includes New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island; the Prairies Region includes Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Territories Region includes the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon Territory. When online incidents cannot be allocated to a specific region, they are identified under the region “Canada-Wide”.

As shown in Figures 4, 5, and 6, Ontario again accounted for the highest number of incidents in 2025. The lowest rate of incidents was seen in the Territories.

In terms of incidents based on region, significant increases in total antisemitic incidents in 2025, as compared with 2024, were recorded in all regions except Alberta, Quebec, and the Territories (see Figure 6). A decrease was also noted in the “Canada-Wide” region, which is consistent with a year-over-year trend related to the enhanced ability to locate disseminators of antisemitism.

Ontario, the region with the most incidents, logged 3,194 incidents in 2025 a 79.2% increase compared to 2024. The Atlantic region saw an increase of 114.5%; British Columbia an increase of 26.2%; and the Prairies an increase of 88.1%. These increases are indicative of the national crisis of antisemitism plaguing the country and warrant an immediate response from leaders at all levels of government.

Figure 4.
Breakdown by Region, 2025

Figure 5.
Percentage by Region, 2025

Figure 6. Breakdown by Region, 2024–2025

Monthly Breakdown

As indicated in Figure 7, levels of antisemitism increased as the year progressed. The last 8 months of the year saw higher monthly totals than the first 4 months. The year concluded with record high figures in November and December, when 982 and 1,404 incidents occurred respectively. The previously unheard-of monthly totals recorded in the final two months of the year are indicative of the upward trend noted throughout the year. In line with the month-to-month increases in total incidents, the number of online incidents increased in six of the last seven months of the year. April and August saw the highest monthly totals for incidents of vandalism, with 42 incidents of antisemitic vandalism occurring each month. April also had the highest monthly total for incidents of in-person harassment, with 31 incidents recorded. September saw the most incidents of antisemitic violence in 2025, with 3 incidents taking place that month. The increasing monthly totals can be linked in part to the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran that began on June 13, 2025, increased societal division, and the Bondi Beach terror attack in December. However, no one event can be seen as entirely responsible, rather the increasing levels of antisemitism must be viewed as a component of a devolving national crisis.