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In Canada, Jews targeted by more hate crimes than other religious groups

"Though we welcome the 20% decrease in crimes targeting the Jewish community, Jewish Canadians still remain the most targeted religious minority for hate crime and second overall," notes CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Shimon Koffler Fogel.

by  JNS and ILH Staff
Published on  03-31-2021 12:15
Last modified: 03-31-2021 07:50
In Canada, Jews targeted by more hate crimes than other religious groupsDudu Grunshpan

Members of Montreal's Jewish community mark Israel's Independence Day in 2015 | File photo: Dudu Grunshpan

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Jews remain by far the most targeted religious group for hate crimes in Canada, according to the Canadian government's annual survey of police-reported hate crimes.

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The report found that there were 1,946 police-reported hate crimes in Canada in 2019, up 7% from a year earlier. In particular, some 608 hate crimes targeted religion, down 7% compared to 2018. This number, however, remains higher than those recorded before 2017, when it hit its peak at 842 incidents.

According to the report, Jewish Canadians were targeted 296 times in 2019 – a 20% decrease from 372 in 2018.

Despite the decrease, attacks on Jewish Canadians still occurred on average five times per week during 2019 with Jews comprising some 50% of overall religious hate crimes, Muslims at 10%, and Catholics and other religions at 3% each.

The frequency of attacks comes despite the fact that the country's Jewish community comprises only 1% of the population, and yet is the target of 17% of all police-reported hate crimes.

"Though we welcome the 20% decrease in crimes targeting the Jewish community, Jewish Canadians still remain the most targeted religious minority for hate crime and second overall," said Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), in a statement.

"Although Canada remains one of the best countries in the world in which to be Jewish, or any other minority for that matter, he said, "these numbers are troubling and should concern all Canadians of goodwill."

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org

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