Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the List of Entities: SI/2025-111
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 26
Registration
SI/2025-111 December 17, 2025
CRIMINAL CODE
P.C. 2025-881 December 4, 2025
Whereas, under subsection 83.05(8.1)footnote a of the Criminal Code footnote b, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness has reviewed each entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 and listed in the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities footnote c, made under subsection 83.05(1)footnote d of that Act, and has determined that there are still reasonable grounds, as set out in subsection 83.05(1)footnote d of that Act, for each entity to remain a listed entity;
Whereas, under subsection 83.05(1)footnote d of that Act, the Governor in Council is satisfied, on the recommendation of that Minister, that there are reasonable grounds to believe that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity or that has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with such an entity;
Whereas, under subsection 83.05(8.1)footnote a of that Act, that Minister has reviewed the entity set out in the annexed Schedule 2 and listed in those Regulations, and has determined that there are no longer reasonable grounds, as set out in subsection 83.05(1)footnote d of that Act, for the entity to remain a listed entity;
And whereas, under subsection 83.05(1)footnote d of that Act, the Governor in Council is satisfied, on the recommendation of that Minister, that there are no longer reasonable grounds to believe that the listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 2 has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity or that has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with such an entity;
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council accepts the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, made under subsection 83.05(8.1)footnote a of the Criminal Code footnote b, that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 remain a listed entity and that the entity in the annexed Schedule 2 no longer remain a listed entity.
Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the List of Entities
SCHEDULE 1
Listed Entities Reviewed by the Minister
Al-Ashtar Brigades (also known among other names as Saraya al-Ashtar, Al Ashtar Brigades, The Ashtar Brigades, Saraya Waad Allah, Wa’ad Allah Brigades, Islamic Allah Brigades, Imam al-Mahdi Brigades, al-Haydariyah Brigades)
Al Qaida (also known among other names as Al Jihad (AJ), Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), Vanguards of Conquest (VOC), The Islamic Army, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The Base, Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites, Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Usama Bin Ladin Network, Usama Bin Ladin Organization, Qa’idat al-Jihad )
Ansar Dine (also known among other names as Ansar al-Dine, Ansar al-Din, Ancar Dine, Ansar ul-Din, Ansar Eddine, Defenders of the Faith, Jum’a Ansar al-din al-salafiya, Harakat Ansar al-Dine, Harakat Ansar al-Din, Ansar Din, Ansar ed dine, Ansar Dine Sud, Ansar Dine katiba (brigade) Khalid Ibn al-Walid)
Atomwaffen Division (also known among other names as AWD, National Socialist Order, NSO)
Fatemiyoun Division (also known among other names as Fatemioun Brigade, Fatemioun Military Division, Fatemiyoun, Fatemiyoun Battalion, Fatemiyoun Force, Fatemiyyun, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Liwa al-Fatemiyon, Fatemiyon Brigade, Fatemiyon Division, Fatemiyoun Brigade)
Front de Liberation du Macina (also known among other names as FLM, Macina Liberation Front, Massina Liberation Front, Katiba Massina, Massina Brigade, Macina Brigade, Katiba Macina, Katibat Macina, Ansar Dine Macina, Harakat Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Ansar al-Din South, Macina Batallion, Macina Liberation Movement, La Force de Lib̩ration du Macina, ML Movement, Massina Liberation Movement, Ansar al-Din Macina Brigade, Katibat Macina РAnsar Dine, Ansar al-Din Macina, MLF, MLM)
Hizbul Mujahideen (also known among other names as HM, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen)
Islamic State – Bangladesh (also known among other names as Daesh – Bangladesh)
Islamic State East Asia (also known among other names as ISEA, Daesh’s East Asia Province, Islamic State-Philippines, Ansharul Khilafah Philippines, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Bungos, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters – Abubakar, Jama’atu al-Muhajirin wal Ansar fil Filibin, Dawlah Islamiyah, Islamic State Lanao, Maute Group, Islamic State Ranao, Dawlatul Islamiyah Waliyatul Masrik, Islamic State Sunrise Province)
Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) (also known among other names as Islamic State in the Khorasan Province, Islamic State Khorasan, Islamic State – Khorasan, IS Khorasan, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Khorasan (ISIS-K), Wilayat Khorasan, Daesh Khorasan, ISIL’s South Asia Branch, ISIS Wilayat Khorasan, Islamic State’s Khorasan Province, South Asian chapter of ISIL, ISIL Khorasan (ISIL-K), Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State, Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan (ISWK), Khorasan branch of ISIS)
Islamic State in Libya (also known among other names as Daesh in Libya, IS-Libya, Islamic State – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – Libya, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – Libya, Wilayat Barqa, Wilayat Barqah, Wilayat Fezzan, Wilayat Tripolitania, Wilayat Tarablus, Wilayat al-Tarabulus, Tripoli Province, Barqa Province, Barqah Province, Fezzan Province)
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (also known among other names as ISGS, Daesh in the Greater Sahara, ISIS in the Greater Sahara, Islamic State of the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Greater Sahel, ISIS in the Islamic Sahel, ISIS-GS)
Islamic State West Africa Province (also known among other names as ISWAP, Daesh’s West Africa Province, ISIS-West Africa, ISIS West Africa, ISIS West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria West Africa Province, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-West Africa, West Africa Province, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyya, Wilayat Gharb Afriqiyah, Islamic State in West Africa, ISIS-WA, ISIL-WA)
Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (also known among other names as JNIM, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, Jama’ah Nusrah al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Jamaat Nosrat al-Islam wal-Mouslimin, Jama’a Nusrah al-Islam wa al-Muslimin, Islam and Muslims’ Support Group, Group for Support of Islam and Muslims, Group to Support Islam and Muslims, Group of Support for Islam and All Muslims, Group for Supporting Islam and Muslims, Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans, Union for Supporting Islam and Muslims, NIM, GSIM, GNIM, Rassemblement pour la victoire de l’islam et des fidèles, RVIF)
Proud Boys
Russian Imperial Movement (also known among other names as RIM, Russkoie Imperskoe Dvizhenie, Russkoe Imperskoye Dvizheniye, RID, Imperial Legion, Russian Imperial Legion, RIL, Saint Petersburg Imperial Legion)
The Base
SCHEDULE 2
Listed Entity Reviewed by the Minister
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (also known among other names as Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), Jabhet al-Nusra, The Victory Front, Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, Jabhat Al-Nusra li-Ahl al-Sham min Mujahedi al-Sham fi Sahat al-Jihad (The Support Front for the People of the Levant by the Levantine Mujahedin on the Battlefields of Jihad), the Front for the Defense of the Syrian People and the Front for the Support of the Syrian People, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, Fath al-Sham Front, al-Jabha, Fath al-Sham, Tanzim al-Qaeda fi Bilad al-Sham, Al-Qaeda in the Levant, Conquest for al-Sham Front, Conquest of the Levant Front, Fatah al-Sham Front, Fateh al-Sham Front, Front for the Conquest of Syria, Front for the Conquest of Syria/The Levant, Jabhat Fath al-Sham, Jabhat Fath al Sham, Jabhat Fathah al-Sham, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Tahrir al-Sham Assembly, Liberation of Syria Assembly, Liberation of the Levant Organisation, Liberation of the Levant Committee, Liberation of al-Sham Commission, Assembly for the Liberation of the Levant, Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, Tahrir al-Sham, Liwa al-Haqq, the Al-Haqq Brigade, Liwa al-Haq, the Brigade of the Right, the Truth Brigade, Lewa’ al-Haq, the al-Haq Battalion, Jabhat Ansar al-Din, Ansar al-Din Front, Supporters/Partisans of the Religion Front, Jaish al-Sunnah, Jaysh al-Sunnah, Jaish al-Sunna, Jaysh al-Sunna)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order.)
Proposal
This Order accepts the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (the Minister) pursuant to subsection 83.05(8.1) of the Criminal Code that 17 out of 18 of the reviewed entities remain listed and that one entity be removed from the list.
Objective
The objective of the Order is to accept the recommendation of the Minister.
Background
Under the Criminal Code, the Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, establish a list of entities if the Governor in Council is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the entity has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity; or has knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of or in association with an entity that has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in or facilitated a terrorist activity.
An entity is defined in the Criminal Code as a person, group, trust, partnership or fund or an unincorporated association or organization. A listed entity is included in the definition of terrorist group in the Criminal Code so offences applicable to terrorist groups apply to these entities. However, unlike terrorist groups that are not listed, a prosecution related to a listed entity does not require the Crown to demonstrate that the entity has, as one of its purposes or activities facilitating or carrying out any terrorist activity.
The Criminal Code provides for a thorough and fair mechanism for reviewing the listing of an entity. The Minister is required to review whether there are still reasonable grounds for an entity to be a listed entity and make a recommendation to the Governor in Council as to whether the entity should remain a listed entity. In order to fulfill the statutory duty under the Criminal Code, the Minister must review the entities listed in the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities within five years of their last review or the date which they were first listed and make a recommendation to the Governor in Council as to whether there are still reasonable grounds for an entity to be a listed entity.
A listed entity may apply to the Minister requesting that it no longer be a listed entity. In such cases, the Minister would determine whether there are reasonable grounds to recommend to the Governor in Council that the applicant no longer be a listed entity. The entity may have the decision reviewed by the Federal Court.
The Minister reviewed 18 entities and determined that there are still reasonable grounds for 17 of them to remain listed. The Minister also determined that one entity should be delisted.
Implications
The review allows the Minister to meet his statutory obligations under the Criminal Code. Moreover, keeping the List of Entities up to date helps to inform Canadians and persons in Canada that they need to continue to comply with the Criminal Code provisions regarding the freezing of assets and the reporting of property to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that they have in their possession. Furthermore, streamlining the List ensures that Canada is providing an accurate representation of Canada’s counter-terrorism priorities and supports Canada’s alignment with key partners and allies.
Consultation
No public consultation was undertaken.
Contact
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