List of terrorism arrests and charges in Canada

This is a chronological list of every terrorism-related arrest or charge in Canada since October 2023, linked firmly or suspected to “Daesh-inspired” or Islamist/Jihadist radicalization, of which I’m aware. H/T to Jesse Brown whose 2024 list (broader in scope) helped fill this in. These are only terror-related charges, and don’t include, for example, arson attacks on Synagogues.

Feb 2024: Ottawa youths arrested on terrorism charges, bomb plot against Jews on Parliament Hill

July 2024: RCMP says a father and son in the Greater Toronto Area who were recently arrested for alleged terrorist activities involving the Islamic State (ISIS) were planning a “violent attack in Toronto.”

July 2024: A man from Alberta travels to Israel to commit terror attack (noting some progressives won’t see anything wrong with this one).

Aug 2024: RCMP charge youth from GTA for alleged ties to terrorist group

  • Terrorist group not named. I don’t understand why this is the case sometimes.

Sep 2024: Calgary man sentenced to 6 years in prison for terrorism related charges, including plans to bomb Calgary Pride in 2023.

Sep 2024: A Pakistani citizen arrested in Quebec as he was allegedly about to cross the border to carry out an ISIS terrorist attack targeting Jews in New York City.

Sep 2024: Two men charged after explosive devices were found at a Niagara Falls home.

  • Motivation not clear but given names of suspects, including it.

Oct 2024: Police arrest five people, including three minors, who were found with incendiary material parked near a Synagogue in Montreal.

  • Haven’t seen follow up on this one. Assuming it’s Islamist related given minors involved. Also, Montreal.

Nov 2024: The RCMP has told former justice minister Irwin Cotler that a plot by agents of Iran to assassinate him was foiled.

Jan 2025: Toronto teen arrested for suspicion of planning to travel abroad to join ISIS.

Feb 2025: Related to Sep 2024 arrest in Calgary, a Calgary teenager who posted pro-ISIS, anti-LGBTQ content to social media has been placed on a terrorism peace bond, bringing to an end the court cases stemming from a major RCMP national security investigation. He was the third teen and fourth person to be arrested in 2023 as part of the RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) investigation.

*Apr 2025: Ontario man arrested for allegedly trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group, the RCMP says.

  • The RCMP wouldn’t say which group he planned to join so this may not belong but pretty good bet it’s Jihadist related.

May 2025: The RCMP says a 36-year-old man from Toronto has pleaded guilty to two charges in what the force calls the largest terrorism financing scheme in Canada’s history. Mounties say Khalilullah Yousuf used cryptocurrency and money transfers to fund a terrorist organization outside of Canada between September 2019 and December 2022.

July 2025: Quebec woman who left Canada in 2014 to join ISIS pleads guilty to terrorism offence

Aug 2025: Montreal minor arrested charged on terrorism offences, including planning to carry out at least one attack on behalf of the Islamic State.

Aug 2025: BC man charged with terrorism for assaulting a man with a knife at a bus stop before boarding a bus and slashing another passenger in the throat in April 2023. He was convicted of attempted murder and assault with a weapon for the benefit of, at the direction of, and in association with the Islamic State.

Nov 2025: A youth charged related to alleged ISIS propaganda videos following an ongoing investigation into “terrorism related offences”, the RCMP says. (LMAO, CTV put those quotes around terrorism related offences…good old CTV “Flames target place of worship”)

Dec 2025: A Calgary man who travelled to Syria with his cousin more than 12 years ago found guilty of terrorism offences after a judge ruled that the evidence shows he was fighting for ISIS. 


Two crazy things about this, though there are more:

  • I haven't seen one politician outside of Quebec be able to reference this threat by name. Zero articles in the CBC about Islamist radicalization. Zero acknowledgements by Muslim associations.
  • You know how lots of people like to blame Israel for antisemitism who simultaneously ignore all of this for fear of being racist, or causing Islamophobia etc.? Do you think any of them ever think, for just one second, about how this might affect their views on Israel/Palestine? 

 

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