Muslims in Canada

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Muslims in Canada

Muslims in Canada represent a significant and growing part of the population. As of the 2021 census, approximately 4.9% of Canadians, or nearly 1.8 million people, identify as Muslim. This makes Islam the second most commonly reported religion in the country after Christianity.The majority of Canadian Muslims reside in Ontario, with significant communities also in Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. In urban areas like the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Montreal, Muslims make up about 10% and 8.7% of the population, respectively.

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 – An attack on an imam of a mosque in Canada’s Victoria on Thursday night has drawn condemnation from Muslim groups and Canadian Culture Minister Marc Miller.
News ID: 3497918   Publish Date : 2026/06/21

IQAN – A daycare center in Edmonton, Canada’s Alberta, became the site of an Islamophobic act earlier this month, as graffiti targeting Muslim women appeared in the vicinity
News ID: 3497898   Publish Date : 2026/06/19

IQNA – Five years after four members of a Muslim family were run down in what a judge called a terrorist act, community members in London, Canada’s Ontario., are gathering to remember the victims and reaffirm their commitment to fighting Islamophobia.
News ID: 3497741   Publish Date : 2026/06/06

IQNA – Police are searching for suspects after a mosque in Moncton, a city in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada, was defaced with anti-Muslim graffiti, an act congregants are calling a targeted attack on their faith community.
News ID: 3497731   Publish Date : 2026/06/06

IQNA – The Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council is demanding federal action against Islamophobia, releasing a policy handbook on Thursday that calls for enforceable safeguards.
News ID: 3497728   Publish Date : 2026/06/05

IQNA – Five years after a man deliberately drove a pickup truck into a Muslim family walking in London, Canada’s Ontario, killing four people, a national Muslim advocacy group says the federal government has failed to implement key recommendations to combat Islamophobia.
News ID: 3497719   Publish Date : 2026/06/04

IQNA – “Enough is enough.” That was the message Thursday from a Quebec Muslim advocacy group urging authorities to investigate a wave of hateful social media posts that followed a private Eid al-Adha gathering in Trois-Rivières, where families had come together to pray.
News ID: 3497641   Publish Date : 2026/05/29

IQNA – The man serving life for killing six Muslim worshippers at a Quebec mosque is demanding a transfer to a safer, lower-security prison, calling his current conditions a rights violation, a report said Thursday.
News ID: 3497297   Publish Date : 2026/05/01

IQNA – A man has been sentenced to 12 months of house arrest after being convicted of uttering threats to blow up a mosque in Newmarket, a town in the Canadian province of Ontario.
News ID: 3496893   Publish Date : 2026/03/27

IQNA – A fresh dusting of snow Friday morning did little to deter the faithful, as thousands gathered at the Suleman Dawood Masjid in St. John's, a city on Newfoundland island off Canada's Atlantic coast, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
News ID: 3496839   Publish Date : 2026/03/21

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

IQNA – As the ninth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting that killed six worshippers approaches, Muslim communities and allies are gathering not only to remember, but to issue an urgent plea.
News ID: 3496227   Publish Date : 2026/01/29

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 – A ban on prayer rooms on college campuses in Quebec, Canada, is on the agenda of the local government.  
News ID: 3495903   Publish Date : 2025/12/30

IQNA – A Muslim Uber driver in Montreal narrowly avoided serious harm after a passenger allegedly threatened him with a knife, an incident the National Council of Canadian Muslims slammed as Islamophobic.
News ID: 3495762   Publish Date : 2025/12/17