Audit Executive Summary 2005 final 2

2005 AUDIT OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA Executive Summary On March 22, 2006 the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada released its 2005 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, an annual study on antisemitism in this country. The Audit discusses the data in-depth, offering additional discussion by five leading experts. • In total, 829 incidents were reported, the second-highest number in the twenty-three year history of the Audit. This represented a marginal decrease of 3.3% country-wide in 2005 compared to 2004, showing little tangible change from the high level of incidents reported in the last Audit. This small decrease does not reverse the upward trend documented over the last five years. Since 2001, the number of reported incidents has increased almost three-fold. • The most significant numbers were once again collected in Ontario and Quebec, where most Canadian Jews live. In Ontario, there were 544 incidents, 418 of which took place in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In Quebec there were 133 incidents, of which 127 took place in Greater Montreal. • While the overall figures for 2005 showed a small decrease, there were actually regional increases in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Maritimes, as well as smaller increases in Ontario. % increase 2004-5Province/Region Number of incidents % of 2005 total incidents 544 65.6 2.6 Ontario -34.8 Quebec 133 16.0 27 3.3 -50.9 Manitoba 72.7 ...