Statistics Canada recently released new data revealing that hate crimes targeting Canadian Jews remained high in 2025, with 788 police reported incidents. Jews, who represent just 1% of the population, are the target of 71% of religion-motivated hate crimes.
Dr. Charles McVety, president of Canada Christian College and the Institute for Canadian Values, says this is a sign of the growing antisemitism crisis in his country.
"Unfortunately, you have a rampant Islamicism hating the Jews in our streets," he reports. "The city of Montreal … is plastered with anti-Jewish graffiti, very similar to that of Nazi Germany."
According to one of his Jewish friends, Jewish people in Canada feel "completely dejected" and like they are being "flushed out of their own country."
Meanwhile, big city mayors are perfectly content to do nothing.
"They instruct the police, and the end result is that radical Islamic terrorist supporters are free to go about supporting terrorism and terrorizing Jews, shooting at their schools, shooting at synagogues, burning places here and there," McVety laments. "Jews now are very, very uncomfortable, especially in Toronto and Montreal."
Out west, he says Jews in Winnipeg are also under siege by terrorist supporters.
In the U.S., recent FBI and criminology reporting shows the highest rates of overall violent crime against Jews are concentrated in cities like Memphis, St. Louis, and Detroit.
Major metropolitan areas with large, established Jewish infrastructures — such as New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago — remain primary hubs for Jewish families, though rising antisemitic incidents have led communities to rely heavily on private security.
Rather than relocating entirely out of major metros, some families and communities have increasingly congregated in specific suburban enclaves or warmer states like Florida.
