A viral video from Oakville, Ontario, shows a young white man hurling racist abuse at an Indian employee inside a McDonald’s outlet.
The footage shows the man shouting, “Go back to your f****** country, you s******-a***** Indian,” at the worker. When the woman filming the video confronted him, he moved toward her and repeated the slurs aggressively.
The incident, which took place on October 26, has sparked outrage online, though some social media users disturbingly defended the abuser. Despite the uproar, the local Halton Police have not yet issued a statement or confirmed any action taken in response.
One user condemned the attack, writing, “That’s horrible. This is my hometown. No place for this in our society. Shame on them all. Congrats to the worker for standing up to them and making them famous.” Another remarked, “Kids just say the most offensive things they can. I don’t know if it’s true racism or just entitled kids trying to be edge lords.”
A third user commented, “Does not represent every white male, many of us hate and love equally… The woman made an excellent point when she asked if he would work there—he said no.”
Racism in Canada
This incident has reignited concerns over rising racism in Canada. Earlier this month, Ontario lawmaker Hardeep Grewal reported being targeted in downtown Muskoka while with his family. “Two strangers decided to share their hate instead.
One yelled, ‘Hey turban head, go home,’ before speeding off. Another said, ‘You all should die,’” he wrote on X. “It is not the first time this has happened, but today I feel compelled to speak out about how exhausting and painful it is.”
In another recent case, racist graffiti reading “Indian rats” appeared near a children’s park in Mississauga. The Peel Regional Police (PRP) later arrested 29-year-old Freda Looker-Rilloraza for the vandalism and announced the creation of a centralised Hate Crime Unit to tackle such offences.
These incidents come amid growing anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada, fuelled by economic struggles and rhetoric from far-right groups calling for “remigration.”
A survey conducted by polling firm Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies found that 60% of Canadians now believe the country does not need more immigrants, reflecting a stark change in sentiment in a nation long known for its openness to newcomers.
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