Ottawa Hate Crime

• Reports of hate crimes are on the rise in Ottawa area, police say

  Jewish Federation of Ottawa president Andrea Freedman says antisemitism is on the rise and young people are the main targets.

  Crime

  Jan 17, 2023
  
• Ottawa police charge 2 youths with hate crime at high school

  Police say one student made and displayed a hate symbol in school and another used antisemitic language and gestures. 

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2023
  
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• Ottawa man faces 26 hate-motivated charges for antisemitic posters: police

  A 29-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested in connection to a string of antisemitic posters hung in the city's west-end over the last two months, police say.

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  Dec 8, 2021
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• Police investigating anti-Semitic posters in Ottawa’s west end as hate crime

  The Ottawa police hate crime unit says it's looking into nine incidents where posters with 'anti-Semitic and hateful content' were put up in public spaces.

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  Nov 8, 2021
• Ottawa man charged with hate-motivated assault at Gloucester Centre

  Ottawa police say an assault at the Gloucester Centre on Wednesday evening was hate-motivated after racialized individuals were subjected to xenophobic slurs.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2021
• Jewish community targeted in hate-motivated crimes: Ottawa police

  Ottawa police have charged a Gatineau man following what they call two hate-motivated crimes in the city.

  Canada

  Sep 9, 2021
• Ottawa woman charged in connection with hate-motivated assault on Sparks Street

  Ottawa police said Monday they've arrested and charged a woman in connection with a hate-motivated incident on Sparks Street in late May.

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  Jun 14, 2021
• Ottawa police seeking woman who allegedly struck Arabic speaker in hate-motivated incident

  The Ottawa police hate crime unit is looking for a suspect who allegedly attacked a woman and yelled racial slurs on Sparks Street in late May.

  Crime

  Jun 10, 2021
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• Homophobic slur painted in front of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson’s home

  A homophobic slur painted in front of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson's residence over the weekend is now the subject of an OPS hate crime investigation.

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  Mar 22, 2021
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• ‘Hate graffiti’ engraved on National War Memorial in Ottawa: police

  Police say a man used a sharp object to engrave 'hateful graffiti' on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.

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  Oct 23, 2020