Two locations of a Jewish-owned Toronto bakery chain were damaged overnight, authorities said Sunday, as the incidents are being investigated by Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Unit.
The Toronto Police Service said both locations suffered broken windows, but only one appeared to be the result of gunfire.
“At this time, investigators are examining whether the incidents are connected and working to identify those responsible,” the Toronto Police Service said in a statement.
“There have been no reported injuries.”
Founded in 1979, Kiva’s Bagel has three locations in the city.
Duty Insp. Scott Bradbury told reporters that the incidents occurred overnight, sometime between the stores’ closing Saturday and opening Sunday, when police received calls from employees reporting the damage.
Toronto police said they received a report at 8:12 a.m. EDT of a broken window apparently struck by gunfire at the Kiva’s location at Young Street and St. Clair Avenue West. Evidence of a shooting was located, police said, adding there were no reported injuries.
About 20 minutes later, police said they received a report of a broken window at the Kiva’s location at Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West.
“We understand that this is concerning for those that work and live in this area, especially members of the Jewish community, and we have all the resources available to thoroughly investigate this matter,” Bradbury said.
“Members of our Hate Crime, members of our guns and gangs integrated task force and our divisional units are here canvassing the area. So members of the public can be aware that there’s going to be an increased presence of police in that area conducting our investigation.”
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow described the incidents as “vile and unacceptable.”
“We all have a responsibility to stand against hate,” she said in an online statement.
“I will always stand with Toronto’s Jewish community against anti-Semitism.”
The incident come after Toronto recorded a sharp decline in reported hate crimes last year.
Toronto police recorded 231 hate-motivated occurrences last year, down nearly 48% from 443 in 2024.
Anti-Jewish occurrences, however, remained the most frequently reported category of hate crime, with 81 incidents, accounting for 35% of all hate crimes and 82% of all religiously motivated hate crimes.
However, police in May said there had been a “concerning” 40% increase in reported hate crimes so far in 2026, compared with the same period last year.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a statement Sunday that he was following the incidents involving the Kiva’s locations “with concern.”
“While thankfully none were injured, this is the latest attack in a long and horrifying line of violence and intimidation against the Canadian Jewish community,” he said online.
“The Canadian government must confront this anti-Semitic violent wave!”
