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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 – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) has reported a 1300% surge in Islamophobic incidents in the North American country following the start of Israeli aggression on Gaza.
News ID: 3488649    Publish Date : 2024/06/07

IQNA – On the third anniversary of a hate-motivated truck attack on a Muslim family in London, Ont., a youth group organizing a vigil in their memory says very little progress has been made in the fight against Islamophobia.
News ID: 3488648    Publish Date : 2024/06/07

IQNA – Muslims in Ottawa share their experiences of facing hate speech especially since the start of Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, CBC News reports.
News ID: 3488534    Publish Date : 2024/05/28

IQNA – A new transitional housing shelter in St. John's seeks to fill a gap in the city's mainstream shelter system.
News ID: 3488197    Publish Date : 2024/05/04

IQNA – Saint John police say they have made an arrest following an alleged break-in at a city mosque.
News ID: 3488177    Publish Date : 2024/05/02

IQNA – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) has publicly denounced an incident at an Oakville high school where a student was allegedly called a "terrorist" by a teacher for wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh.
News ID: 3488163    Publish Date : 2024/05/01

IQNA – The Muslim community in Saint John, Canada, is expressing worry over a string of break-ins targeting mosques.
News ID: 3488161    Publish Date : 2024/05/01

IQNA – Students at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, set up several tents at the downtown campus as an act of solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
News ID: 3488116    Publish Date : 2024/04/28

IQNA – The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Joyce Middleton, the director of a massage school in British Columbia, to pay $12,000 for discriminatory practices against Majid Shahadat, a Muslim man.
News ID: 3488063    Publish Date : 2024/04/24

IQNA – Ottawa's plan to expand access to halal mortgages can lower high borrowing costs, according to providers.
News ID: 3488009    Publish Date : 2024/04/20

IQNA – Canada’s government plans to introduce halal mortgage for the country’s Muslims.
News ID: 3487980    Publish Date : 2024/04/17

IQNA – A Canadian Muslim organization has urged for the revival of an anti-hate bill amid the growing Islamophobic incidents in the country.
News ID: 3487907    Publish Date : 2024/04/12

IQNA – A man convicted of murdering four members of a Muslim family in Ontario, Canada, is seeking to appeal the convictions, his lawyer said.
News ID: 3487879    Publish Date : 2024/04/09

IQNA – In a disturbing incident, two individuals armed with an axe and a knife attempted to break into the Abu Bakr Al-Siddique Community Centre, a mosque located in Winnipeg, Manitoba province, Canada.
News ID: 3487812    Publish Date : 2024/04/05

IQNA – A local Muslim group says the dumping of a pig carcass on the doorstep of a Halal grocery store in south London is “an incredibly disrespectful act”.
News ID: 3487731    Publish Date : 2024/03/27

IQNA – The top court in Canada declined to hear the appeal of a private school that was found to have discriminated against two Muslim students.
News ID: 3487689    Publish Date : 2024/03/22

IQNA – The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) has strongly slammed as "absolutely unacceptable" and "racist" an incident in which a mosque in Montreal was targeted with islamophobic drawing ahead of Ramadan.
News ID: 3487571    Publish Date : 2024/03/15

IQNA – At the London Muslim Mosque, a team of chefs and volunteers are coming together to provide more than 250 daily meals throughout the holy month of Ramadan.
News ID: 3487533    Publish Date : 2024/03/12

IQNA – The Muslim community in Canada is campaigning this Ramadan to get politicians to push for an end to the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza.
News ID: 3487530    Publish Date : 2024/03/12

IQNA – The Muslim community in Montreal have expressed dismay after a Canadian court upheld Bill 21 which is considered “islamophobic” by the community.
News ID: 3487393    Publish Date : 2024/03/02