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The Whitby, Ontario children's book press is listed as a signatory of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

Projet Montréal, the official opposition party on Montréal city council, introduced a motion on 2026-06-04 calling on the city to "suspend institutional ties with the Israeli government, its institutions and municipalities" (The Link). Council adopted an amended text on 2026-08-24 that removed that call.

The St. John's city council passed a resolution on 2025-10-07 directing the City to write to the Prime Minister, the Premier and local MPs and Senators to "Support a two-way arms embargo on Israel, halting military equipment transfers to or from Canada" (City of St. John's council recap).

City of Burnaby is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers to "join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation" (apartheid-free.org). Comox Valley for Palestine states on a candidate questionnaire page that the City of Burnaby has signed the Apartheid Free Communities Pledge. A Canadian Press report published on 2025-08-27 says Burnaby council passed a motion unanimously asking the federal government to impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel, and that the motion commits the city to signing an “apartheid-free” community pledge.

The Saint-Valérien municipal council resolved unanimously on 2025-09-08, in its published minutes, to ask the CDPQ to "immediately withdraw all its investments" from companies it calls complicit in the genocide, occupation and colonization in Palestine, and to ask the Québec government to close its office in Tel Aviv.

The CAUT Council minutes of 2024-11-30 list the Saint Mary's University Faculty Association (May 2024) among 18 faculty associations that passed motions calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state of Israel.

NB Media Co-op reported on 2025-06-03 that a NB Federation of Labour resolution calls on the federation to "push for a federal arms embargo on arms exports to Israel" and that the federation "previously endorsed the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel".

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The Vancouver restaurant signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers "to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name a Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights chapter at Western Ontario.

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name a Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights chapter at the University of Ottawa.

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name OPIRG Windsor.

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name a Students Against Israeli Apartheid chapter at the University of Toronto.

The Gauntlet of 2014-07-17 reports that the campus club Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights is proposing a boycott of Israeli products at the University of Calgary and is researching how to bring the BDS movement to campus, and two BDS supporter lists name an SPHR chapter at Calgary.

Section C-15 of the SPGQ adopted a resolution on 2025-09-24 asking the SPGQ "de se positionner en faveur du désinvestissement de la CDPQ de toutes les entreprises associées à des violations des droits humains et du droit international en Palestine" and to ask Canada to end sales of military equipment to Israel.

Section 207 of the Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) adopted a resolution on 2025-11-20 in favour of the CDPQ's immediate withdrawal from companies "identifiées comme complices du génocide, de l'occupation et de la colonisation israéliennes", as published by urgencepalestine.quebec and in a campaign resolution file.

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name OPIRG Ottawa.

A bdsmovement.net item of 2013-03-21 reports that Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York hopes to bring its demand for divestment to the York University administration after a BDS motion passed at the York graduate students association, and two BDS supporter lists name a SAIA chapter at York.

The Queen's Journal reports that Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights organized a walkout on 2024-09-13 to call on Queen's to divest from companies and corporations connected to Israel, and two BDS supporter lists name an SPHR chapter at Queen's.

Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) Montreal is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and, as "Canadian Council of Muslim Women Montreal", as an endorsing organization of the Vote Palestine platform.

Montreal divestment collective that signed a September 2025 letter calling for the Israel Premier Tech team to be excluded from the Grands Prix Cyclistes and for support of BDS, and signed an August 2026 open letter calling on Montreal to suspend all ties with Israel, including cultural, academic and sports exchanges.