Key Background Canada has seen several high-profile attacks against Muslims in recent years.
Hundreds of mourners gathered in the Canadian city of London on Saturday afternoon for the funeral of four family members who were killed when a man drove into them with a truck in an apparent attack last Sunday motivated by hatred of Muslims. Canada has seen several high-profile attacks against Muslims in recent years. A shooter killed six people at a mosque in Quebec City in 2017. In September, a man was stabbed to death outside a mosque in Toronto. Hate crimes against Muslims rose 10% percent in 2019, according to the Times. London, a city of 405,000 people 120 miles southwest of Toronto, has about 45,000 Muslim residents, its mayor, Ed Holder, told the New York Times.
