Protesters hold a portrait of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they demonstrate by the U.S. Consulate during a rally for Al-Quds Day in Toronto, on March 14, 2026. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press
The Toronto Police Service says protests will no longer be allowed in a residential neighbourhood of the city, days after incidents of anti-Semitic placards were displayed in the area.
Pro-Palestine and anti-Israel activists have regularly gathered at the intersection of Bathurst and Sheppard, a neighbourhood in North York with a large Jewish population, since the 2023 Hamas attacks against Israel and the ensuing war. Protest marches have also taken place in the area’s residential streets.
