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Gunfire struck a window at one Toronto branch of the Jewish-owned Kiva’s Bagel Bar chain on Sunday, while vandals smashed a window at a second location around the same time. No one was hurt in either incident.
Toronto police were investigating whether the two events were connected and were searching for suspects. The force’s hate crime unit and its Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force have joined the probe.
🇨🇦Toronto, Canada, July 26, 2026: Two Jewish-owned Kiva’s Bagel Bar locations were attacked overnight. The Yonge and St. Clair bakery was shot at, while a window was smashed at Bathurst and Steeles. No one was injured. Police are investigating suspected hate crimes. pic.twitter.com/JAvVAmPNuo
— Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) July 27, 2026
Early Monday morning, evidence of gunfire was also found outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, the second such incident at the facility this year.
B’nai Brith Canada said the bagel shop incidents appeared to be part of a “relentless and escalating campaign of antisemitic intimidation that has seen Jewish schools, synagogues, community institutions, businesses and families targeted across Canada.”
“These attacks are evidence of a systemic national crisis that governments can no longer address through statements of concern, temporary security measures and responses issued only after another Jewish institution has been targeted,” it added. “Jewish Canadians cannot continue to be left to secure their own schools, synagogues, community institutions and businesses against escalating threats. This is an emergency, and we expect our governments to fulfill their most basic responsibility, protecting our people, our institutions and our businesses.”
The reported attacks targeting Jewish-owned bakeries in Toronto appear to be part of a relentless and escalating campaign of antisemitic intimidation that has seen Jewish schools, synagogues, community institutions, businesses and families targeted across Canada.
These attacks… pic.twitter.com/z8HNERBWA2
— B’nai Brith Canada (@bnaibrithcanada) July 26, 2026
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) said, “These attacks come amid a broader rise in violent extremism across Canada and other Western democracies — a toxic brew of antizionist rhetoric, local criminal elements, Iranian-backed proxies, and ISIS-inspired terrorism. Our leaders must be unequivocal: nothing justifies attacks on Canadians. They must also ensure police and security agencies have the resources they need to protect our communities and keep Canadians safe.”
The shooting and attack targeting two locations of a Jewish-owned bakery, places where families gather, should concern every Canadian.
Thankfully, no one was harmed. We are grateful for the swift response of law enforcement and encourage anyone with information to contact… https://t.co/JoS3AsiCU3
— CIJA (@CIJAinfo) July 26, 2026
B’nai Brith Canada data shows 27 violent antisemitic incidents were recorded in the country between January 1 and mid-July of 2026, more than double the 10 documented across all of 2025. The cases include shootings aimed at Jewish institutions.
Richard Robertson, B’nai Brith Canada’s director of research and advocacy, said 2026 now trailed only 2023 in violent incidents, when 77 were recorded in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s October 7th attack and the war that followed. The total recorded since January has already surpassed the full-year totals for 2022, 2024, and 2025.
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