Jews victims of more hate crimes than any religious group in Canada

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Date: 30 March 2021
• Published date: 30 March 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The study analyzed some 1,946 hate crimes reported to the police in 2019. This number alone is not only a 7% increase from 2018, but represents the second-highest number of hate crimes reported to the police per year in Canadian history, with only 2017 seeing more (2,073 reported hate crimes).

However, the number of religious hate crimes reported to the police actually saw a 7% decrease compared to 2018, with just 608 cases reported. However, this is still higher than the numbers reported prior to the peak in 2017.

The report noted though that while the number of police-reported hate crimes targeting Jews decreased, an annual independent audit conducted by B'nai Brith Canada found a record number of antisemitic incidents for the fourth year in a row.

According to the audit, an average of six antisemitic incidents occurred every day in 2019, and was an 8% increase compared to 2018. In addition, there...