(Regina, Canada) — Once again, Canada has received a failing report card on its treatment of its Jewish community. The results were not only terrible, the findings were dark and disturbing.
Canada has been getting bad report cards for a number of years now, with 2025 being the worst yet. According to the report by B’nai Brith, 6,800 anti-semitic incidents were documented across Canada in 2025—the highest number ever recorded since the organization began tracking incidents in 1982. That is an average of more than 18 antisemitic incidents per day.
The report described Canada as facing a “national crisis of antisemitism,” noting that incidents increased by 9.4% over 2024 and by 145.6% since 2022.
B’nai Brith reported a dramatic increase in online harassment, vandalism, and incidents of violence, especially since October 7th, 2023, as well as the alarming increase in the demonization of Zionism and trends of antisemitism on Canadian campuses.
B’nai Brith Director of Research and Advocacy Richard Robertson emphasized:
Despite the October 2025 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Canada’s Jewish community continued to be the target of hate at a historic rate throughout the year. The 6,800 incidents of antisemitism recorded by B’nai Brith Canada in 2025 demonstrate that although the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led terror attack in Israel (October 7) seemed to open the Pandora’s box of anti-Jewish hate in Canada, antisemitism has become so normalized in our society that its incidence can no longer be tied directly to the war in Israel. The rise of antisemitism after October 7, 2023 can no longer be viewed in isolation. Antisemitism is a national crisis and must be treated as such.
In 2025, the systemic nature of the crisis of antisemitism in Canada became even clearer. Anti-Jewish hate, though largely propagated by a virulent and vitriolic subset of our society, metastasized throughout all aspects of Canadian life. Our streets, schools, academic institutions, workplaces, and online platforms were increasingly compromised by nefarious actors who wished to spread and incite hate against the Jewish community. The failure to adequately address the devolving crisis of antisemitism resulted in the occurrence of antisemitism at a historical and disgraceful rate in 2025.
It is disturbing to say the least—and not the Canada that I grew up in. I encourage you to read the report in its entirety, to inform yourself about what is going on in Canada’s Jewish communities, and get involved.
We are commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) and speak up against antisemitism whenever we encounter it. Don’t stay silent. Learn the facts and help others understand the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and outright hatred. We don’t have to agree with everything Israel says, thinks, and does, but most of what is labeled “criticism” has veered dangerously into libels, lies, and Jew hatred.
We should reach out and stand with the local Jewish community. Go to your local synagogue, call the rabbi, and take him for lunch or coffee. Tell him that, as a Bible-believing Christian, you love and stand with Israel and the Jewish people. Support ministries like the Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry that bless Israel and share the gospel—the good news of Israel’s Messiah—with the Jewish people. Above all, be a Christlike witness, responding with truth from God’s word, compassion, and courage.
Let’s stand bold against this anti-semitism in the days in which we live.
What does the God of Israel have to say about all of this? Especially when we consider this disturbing report.
God is taking note, and He will judge the nations on how they treat His chosen people. Don’t believe me? Listen to what God Himself says in Zechariah 2:8-11: “For this is what the Lord Almighty says: After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me. Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you, declares the Lord. Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.”
That is speaking of Israel’s Messiah. Notice those striking words, “whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye.” There is a warning here that God will shake His hand against those who come against His chosen people. You can be sure of that. God will bless those who bless the Jewish people, and He will curse those who curse them. period.
The bottom line is this: Canada may have received a dark and failing grade as this report outlines, but if God were to evaluate your life today, what would your report card look like?
