The Jewish community was the primary target of police-reported hate crimes in 2023, despite comprising less than one percent of Canada’s population.
Anti-Semitic incidents rose 71 percent between 2022 and 2023 for a total of 900 reported crimes last year, according to StatCan figures. Jewish-related hate crimes have risen steadily over the past four years with 331 incidents in 2020, 492 in 2021, and 527 in 2022.
