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The Renison Association of Academic Staff is reported to have passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions motion on 2024-04-24 calling on the University of Waterloo to divest from and boycott Israeli institutions and corporations.

PACE Society published a statement on 2024-10-02 that says "PACE Society stands firmly in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement" and calls for "a total arms embargo on Israel."

Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights

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Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now call for a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel, and Canadian Lawyer reported on 2024-02-08 that it is part of a coalition calling on Global Affairs Canada to halt military and technology exports to Israel.

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada

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Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada published a letter to Canadian MPs on 2024-12-11 that asks Canada to "Call for economic sanctions against Israel at the United Nations" and to call for "an end to all arms transfers to Israel."

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

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The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions published a letter to the Prime Minister on 2025-09-26 listing demands that include "Immediately impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel" and "Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)."

Mennonite Church Canada passed a resolution at its July 2016 Assembly that asks its General Board, regional churches, congregations and members "to avoid investing in or supporting companies that do business with Israeli settlements and the Israel Defense Forces", and encourages the Government of Canada to support measures "including through economic sanctions". Its website republishes the text in a January 2026 network document.

Mennonite Church British Columbia hosts on mcbc.ca the text of the Mennonite Church Canada 2016 resolution that asks regional churches and congregations "to avoid investing in or supporting companies that do business with Israeli settlements and the Israel Defense Forces", and its BC Palestine and Israel Network page says its mandate "is aligned with" that resolution.

Canadian Shield Regional Council is named on the General Council site as the originating body of United Church of Canada proposal GC44 RC06 (February 13, 2022), which asks General Council to "Immediately declare its public and explicit support of the non-violent Boycott/Divest/Sanction (BDS) movement".

The Hamilton theatre producer is named among 18 Canadian performing arts organizations in a March 2025 group endorsement of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, in a Literary Hub report and in the Writers Against the War on Gaza list of institutions endorsing the call.

The Vancouver arts society is named among 18 Canadian performing arts organizations in a March 2025 group endorsement of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and in the Writers Against the War on Gaza list of institutions endorsing the call.

The Edmonton theatre company is named among 18 Canadian performing arts organizations in a March 2025 group endorsement of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and in the Writers Against the War on Gaza list of institutions endorsing the call.

The Edmonton literary magazine 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."

Lux Éditeur

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The Montréal book publisher 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."

The Vancouver book publisher 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."

Propagandhi is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and, as "Propagandhi, Band", among the signatories of the Canadian BDS Coalition statement of September 25, 2026 asking CBC/Radio-Canada to withdraw from Eurovision 2027 until Israel is excluded.

Simcoe County 4 Palestine is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement, as a member of the Canadian BDS Coalition, and among the organizations that signed the Canadian BDS Coalition statement of September 25, 2026 asking CBC/Radio-Canada to withdraw from Eurovision 2027 until Israel is excluded.

Surrey Muse Arts Society is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and as "Surrey Muse Arts Society, Canada" among the signatories of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity, whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid".

YK Citizens for Ceasefire is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and as an endorsing organization of the Vote Palestine platform. Cabin Radio reported on March 20, 2025 that demonstrators at a protest the group organized in Yellowknife demanded "an immediate two-way arms embargo".

Labour Against the Arms Trade is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement, of the Vote Palestine endorsing organizations, of the CMPAC copy of the Arms Embargo Now statement, and of a May 27, 2021 call published on socialistproject.ca that asks Canada to "immediately suspend bilateral trade of all arms and related materials with the State of Israel".

ISNA Canada is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and of the March 19, 2025 letter of the National Council of Canadian Muslims that asks for a two-way weapons embargo.