Canadian Anti-Hate Network

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) is a Canadian nonprofit organization that monitors hate groups and hate crimes in Canada.[1][2][3] It was formed in 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, by more than fifteen journalists, community leaders, academics, and legal experts.[2] CAHN provides information to journalists and the media, researchers, law enforcement, policy makers, and community organizations.[1][2] The organization is modelled after and supported by the American Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).[1][2]

In its first public statement in 2018, CAHN called for criminal charges to be brought against Montreal IT consultant and Neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput, who goes by the pseudonym Charles Zeiger.[2]

On November 1, 2020, Chris Vanderweide, known as 'Helmet Guy' for participating in violence at Hamilton Pride 2019, was arrested by the York Regional Police (YRP) and charged with uttering threats against CAHN chair Bernie Farber and CAHN executive director Evan Balgord in a private Facebook group.[4][5] Before contacting the YRP, CAHN had contacted the Hamilton Police Service (HPS) about the threats, but HPS declined to investigate the threats due to their wording.[4][5] Afterwards, Farber called for an internal investigation into the HPS and for Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger to look into why the threats were not further investigated.[5] In response, Constable Jerome Stewart said that "The matter is before the court system in York Region and as such Hamilton Police will not provide any further comments at this time".[5]

In the aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol Attack, a team from CAHN was attempting to identify three people seen at the riot, one of whom was holding a Canadian flag.[3]

On April 15, 2021, CAHN filed a complaint with the Law Society of Ontario against criminal lawyer Colin A. Browne for reciting the oath of the far-right Proud Boys organization in a video posted on Telegram.[6]