The Jewish community was the primary target of hate crimes in Toronto during 2025, according to a report published by the Toronto Police Services Board.

The annual hate crime statistics report found that Jews, who comprise less than 3 percent of Toronto’s population, were victims in 82% of all religiously motivated hate crimes and accounted for 35% of all reported hate incidents across the city.

Toronto police documented 81 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents during the year. Officials also stated that a Jewish resident was 14 times more likely to experience a hate-related incident than other residents of Toronto.

The findings come amid what Jewish organizations describe as a dramatic increase in antisemitic attacks throughout Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. Since February, synagogues have reportedly been hit by gunfire, Jewish-owned businesses have been vandalized and shot at, and visibly Jewish individuals have been assaulted in public.

Police additionally reported a 24% rise in hate crimes compared to the same period the previous year.

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Vice President Michelle Stock described the statistics as “deeply alarming.”

“Jewish Canadians are being targeted simply for who they are,” Stock says, calling on government officials, law enforcement, and civic leaders to work together to combat antisemitism, extremism, and hate-driven violence.