Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada increased by 71 percent in 2021.
Yet 50 percent of Canadians don’t believe Islamophobia is an issue
ACCORDING TO CANADA’S Anti-Racism Strategy, first unveiled in 2019, the definition of Islamophobia includes “racism, stereotypes, prejudice, fear or acts of hostility directed towards individual Muslims or followers of Islam in general.
Half of Canadians don’t believe Islamophobia is an issue, according to a March 2023 study by Angus Reid Institute