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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 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

IQNA – Beneath the radar, Trudeau’s progressive country has turned into a far-right haven – it is ranked worst in the G7 for murders of Muslims
News ID: 3487379    Publish Date : 2024/03/01

IQNA – A mental health service in Ontario is seeking funding to resume a support program for Muslim women that was initiated after several Islamophobic attacks, including the 2021 London killings of four members of the Afzaal family.
News ID: 3487337    Publish Date : 2024/02/26

IQNA – Legislators and politicians in London, Canada’s Ontario, acknowledge that they are losing support in the Muslim community over their parties’ stance on the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.  
News ID: 3487311    Publish Date : 2024/02/24

IQNA – Muslim groups say Canadian lawmakers won't be welcome in mosques until they call for a ceasefire in Gaza where nearly 30,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks.
News ID: 3487306    Publish Date : 2024/02/23

IQNA – A Canadian white supremacist who deliberately ran over four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in prison.
News ID: 3487304    Publish Date : 2024/02/23

IQNA – Masjid Beit Naballa in St. James, Winnipeg, Canada’s Manitoba, is celebrating its opening weekend at 325 Wallasey St.
News ID: 3487230    Publish Date : 2024/02/18

IQNA – Police have arrested a man who allegedly made anti-Muslim remarks to a store employee and a customer, and then stole the customer's phone in Toronto last Sunday.
News ID: 3487129    Publish Date : 2024/02/09

IQNA – The genocidal war on the Gaza Strip launched by Israel in October has affected Muslims worldwide, including in Canada’s Manitoba Province.
News ID: 3487093    Publish Date : 2024/02/06

IQNA – Mosques and Islamic associations in British Colombia, Canada, are urging the premier to remove the minister of post-secondary education, Selina Robinson, from cabinet.
News ID: 3487085    Publish Date : 2024/02/05

IQNA – A mosque in Mississauga was targeted by a suspected hate crime on Sunday night, when someone threw two rocks through its window, shattering the glass.
News ID: 3487050    Publish Date : 2024/02/02

IQNA – Speakers at a ceremony at McGill University’s called on the university to address Islamophobia on campus and highlight the toll on Palestinians amid the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
News ID: 3487017    Publish Date : 2024/01/30