Government of Canada lists four new terrorist entities
Backgrounder
764
Also known as: N/A
Description
764 is a decentralized transnational network of online nihilistic violent extremists, whose core beliefs are rooted in misanthropy (a hatred of humanity or the human race) and nihilism (the rejection of all religious, moral and social values, often accompanied by a belief that life is meaningless.)
764 members engage in criminal conduct around the world, seeking to destroy civilized society through violence and chaos, not as a step towards a new "state" but rather as an end itself. Members routinely use various social media and gaming platforms, particularly those with young and marginalized user bases, to lure, groom, and extort youth to commit violent and sexual acts, including self-harm. 764 members view sexual, psychological, and physical violence as entertainment, a way to achieve status and notoriety in-group, and ideological labour to erode social norms. 764 members disseminate instructional materials on how to effectively carry out these activities while avoiding detection. Elements of the network have increasingly focused on encouraging offline acts of violence.
In February 2024, a 14-year-old 764 member from Alberta was charged with multiple offences, including child pornography and explosives-related crimes. Authorities allege the minor was active in extremist group chats and shared disturbing online content involving violence, weapons, self-harm, and sexual exploitation material. On January 4, 2025, a minor linked to 764 attacked a 55-year-old woman with a knife in Sweden, causing nonfatal injuries. The minor uploaded the video of the attack to social media from a 764-linked account. In January 2025, a teenager allegedly involved in the 764 network pled guilty to encouraging suicide, possessing a terrorism manual, and possessing child sexual abuse material in the United Kingdom.
Maniac Murder Cult
Also known as: Maniacs: Cult of Killing; Manyaki; Kult Ubiystva, MKY; M.K.Y. and MKU
Description
Maniac Murder Cult (MMC) is an ideologically motivated violent extremist group founded in 2018. While primarily based in Russia and Ukraine, its members are found around the world. MMC adheres to a nihilistic national socialist, militant accelerationist, and neo-Nazi ideology believing in the necessity of violent, nihilistic actions to promote fear and chaos to further the perceived collapse of Western society. MMC operates online and also seeks to mobilize offline violence, promoting violence and violent acts against racial and ethnic minorities, the Jewish community, individuals experiencing homelessness and/or mental illness, and other groups it deems as "undesirables".
A primary objective of MMC is for its adherents to be viewed as the most sadistic threat actors, and share instructional material on a variety of tactics, including how to attack prospective victims and avoid detection. Members are required to record and share their violent activities in a bid to inspire and mobilize further extremism.
On January 22, 2025, a 17-year-old student shot and killed a schoolmate at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. According to prosecutors, the shooter said he had been acting on behalf of the MMC, and his manifesto named MMC's leader Mikhail Chkhikvishvili as his inspiration. In early 2025, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg was arrested and charged for allegedly spray-painting racist and antisemitic graffiti. The 19-year-old was later charged with four terrorism-related changes after an investigation found links to MMC. In August 2024, an individual wearing a tactical vest adorned with Nazi symbols livestreamed himself stabbing approximately five people outside a mosque in Eskisehir, Türkiye. A manifesto attributed to the attacker included explicit references to violent statements made by Chkhikvishvili. Before the attack, the attacker distributed violent propaganda, including MMC's ideological and its instructional manual, the Hater's Handbook, via a link to encrypted channels.
Terrorgram Collective
Also known as: N/A
Description
The Terrorgram Collective is a network of channels, group chats and users promoting white supremacist ideology on the digital communication platform Telegram. Emerging in the late 2010s, its members have solicited terrorist attacks against politicians, government officials, government buildings, energy facilities, and groups seen as "enemies of the white race".
Terrorgram publishes terrorist guides and white supremacist propaganda dedicated to motivating mass killings – including the glorification of past terrorist attacks, calls to kill police and politicians, car bomb tutorials, and guides for sabotaging critical infrastructure. Terrorgram influencers are credited with inspiring and facilitating terrorist actions.
On October 12, 2022, a 19-year-old individual frequently active in Terrorgram channels shot three people at a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia, killing two people and himself. His manifesto thanked the Terrorgram Collective for guiding him, and key Terrorgram figures claimed credit following the attack. On July 10, 2024, an 18 year-old was arrested for plotting an attack on an energy facility in New Jersey. Before his arrest, he was active in Terrorgram group chats, where he consumed and spread Terrorgram Collective material. The youth had told an undercover FBI agent to use tactics recommended in videos posted to Terrorgram channels. On August 8, 2025, a member of Terrorgram pled guilty in the United States to soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, among other charges after being arrested in September 2024 alongside another Terrorgram member. She had admitted to serving as the leader of the Terrorgram Collective between July 2022 and September 2024, during which she provided guidance to equip individuals to carry out attacks.
Islamic State-Mozambique
Also known as: IS-Mozambique, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique), Ansar al-Sunna, Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamma (ASWJ), Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabaab in Mozambique, Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP or ISCA), Wilayah Mozambique, Mozambique Province, and Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP)
Description
Islamic State-Mozambique (IS-M) is an armed insurgent group based in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado Province that seek to supplant the secular state with Islamic Sharia law-based governance, turning the region into a caliphate. The group emerged in 2015 in the northern districts of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, transitioning from a religious sect to an armed insurgent group. Its first attack took place on October 5, 2017.
In 2019, IS-M was formally incorporated into the Islamic State Central Africa Province and, in May 2022, the Islamic State formally recognized IS-M as an official Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) branch. IS-M has repeatedly executed complex operations, held territory, and regularly seeks to infiltrate civilian populations and security forces. The group relies on relatively autonomous cells with flexible chains of command and has at times conducted cross-border attacks into southern Tanzania.
In May 2024, it was estimated the IS-M insurgency had killed over 6,500 people and displaced over 1.3 million. On April 11, 2024, IS-M targeted a helicopter of the Mozambican forces with various weapons, causing it to crash and killing the pilot and an onboard officer. Between February 27 and 28, 2024, IS-M fighters attacked three Christian villages in Chiure, beheading one man and burning two churches, one school, and 23 houses.
Reviewed listed terrorist entities
In addition to the four new entities, the Government of Canada conducted a statutory review of 18 currently listed entities and determined that 17 entities should remain listed. These entities are:
- Al-Ashtar Brigades
- Al Qaida
- Ansar Dine
- Atomwaffen Division
- Fatemiyoun Division
- Front de Libération du Macina
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Delisted)
- Hizbul Mujahideen
- Islamic State – Bangladesh
- Islamic State East Asia
- Islamic State Sahel Province
- Islamic State Khorasan Province
- Islamic State in Libya
- Islamic State West Africa Province
- Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin
- Proud Boys
- Russian Imperial Movement
- The Base
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