Mosques in Canada

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Mosques in Canada

there are hundreds of mosques across Canada, reflecting the country's diverse and growing Muslim population. The first mosque in Canada, Al-Rashid Mosque, was built in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1938. Since then, many more have been established to serve the needs of the Muslim community.

IQNA – Vancouver police say a vandal who defaced the city's oldest mosque on Thursday night meant to intimidate the community, as the mosque's director expressed shock and deep sadness over the incident.
News ID: 3499788   Publish Date : 2026/11/14

IQNA – A hate-crime investigation is underway after a liquor bottle was thrown through the door window of a Montreal mosque, with city police transferring the case to their hate crimes unit and appealing to the public for information.
News ID: 3499734   Publish Date : 2026/11/10

IQNA – What does the first mosque built in Canada look like and who helped build it?
News ID: 3499064   Publish Date : 2026/09/17

IQNA – The Islamic Center of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories is launching youth programming for the first time, offering Quran recitation, Islamic studies, and recreational activities to young members of the community.
News ID: 3498894   Publish Date : 2026/09/04

IQNA – Police in Surrey, Canada’s British Colombia, released a surveillance image of a man they are seeking in connection with a hate-motivated vandalism incident at the Fleetwood Islamic Academy Society.
News ID: 3498886   Publish Date : 2026/09/03

IQNA – For worshippers at a Gatineau Islamic center, what should be a place of peace and prayer has instead become a source of anxiety after weeks of harassment, threats, and vandalism—a campaign they say is designed to drive them out of their neighborhood.
News ID: 3498572   Publish Date : 2026/08/08

IQNA – The weekly broadcast of Adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) was resumed at a mosque in downtown Regina, Canada’s Saskatchewan, after stopping due to backlash, including threats.
News ID: 3498535   Publish Date : 2026/08/05

IQNA – Investigators with the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (SIM) are probing the circumstances surrounding a vehicle fire that spread to a local mosque in Côte-des-Neiges in the predawn hours of Friday.
News ID: 3498514   Publish Date : 2026/08/03

IQNA – The prime minister of Canada denounced a shooting at an Islamic center in Winnipeg as an “appalling” act of Islamophobia.
News ID: 3498481   Publish Date : 2026/07/31

IQNA – The Muslim community in Winnipeg, Canada’s Manitoba, is reeling after bullet holes were discovered in the windows of a local mosque following an evening shooting that occurred while people were present.
News ID: 3498475   Publish Date : 2026/07/31

IQNA – After piloting its first public broadcast of the Adhan (call to prayer) last month, the Regina City Jamia Masjid in Regina, Canada’s Saskatchewan, is now turning to the wider community for feedback.
News ID: 3498337   Publish Date : 2026/07/20

IQNA – A mosque in Regina, Canada’s Saskatchewan has stopped broadcasting its weekly Adhan (call to prayer) after hearing an earful from both supporters and detractors
News ID: 3497983   Publish Date : 2026/06/27

IQNA – Threats being made against a Muslim group in Regina, Canada’s Saskatchewan, are hate crimes, police say.
News ID: 3497961   Publish Date : 2026/06/24

IQNA – For three minutes, the melodic echo of the adhan (Islamic call to prayer) drifted through the streets of Regina, the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
News ID: 3497947   Publish Date : 2026/06/23

IQNA – Despite suffering a fractured jaw during an alleged attack in downtown Victoria, Imam Ebrahim Gadou is offering forgiveness—and even says he would pay his attacker's bail.
News ID: 3497945   Publish Date : 2026/06/23

IQNA – At a midtown Toronto mosque, worshippers are taking turns guarding the doors during Ramadan prayers so others can pray in peace.
News ID: 3496458   Publish Date : 2026/02/18

IQNA – A mosque in midtown Toronto, Canada, is at the center of a police investigation after receiving two threatening phone calls.
News ID: 3496404   Publish Date : 2026/02/14

With the passing of Abdo Hassan, the Muslim community in London, Canada’s Ontario, has lost its last direct link to the male builders of the London Muslim Mosque—a historic house of worship that stands as the first of its kind in the province.
News ID: 3495908   Publish Date : 2025/12/30

IQNA – What was once the Corner Brook Citadel is now a mosque, providing a long-awaited dedicated space for prayer and community for Muslims in the region.
News ID: 3495121   Publish Date : 2025/10/23

IQNA – Members of the Muslim community in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba, came together this weekend to celebrate the opening of a new mosque in the city.
News ID: 3495066   Publish Date : 2025/10/20