Dominion Society of Canada

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Dominion Society of Canada
Société du Dominion du Canada (French)
Formation1 July 2025
FoundersDaniel Tyrie, Greg Wycliffe and Ken Jones.
TypeNon-profit corporation
PurposeCanadian nationalism
Anti-immigration activism
Far-right activism
Location
FieldPolitical movement
Pressure group
Chairman
Daniel Tyrie
SubsidiariesNone
Websitewww.dominionsociety.ca

The Dominion Society of Canada (French: Société du Dominion du Canada) is an anti-immigration, and far-right Canadian nationalist group that was founded in 2025. It has been described by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network as a white-nationalist organization.

History

The Dominion Society of Canada was founded on 1 July 2025 by former People's Party of Canada Executive Director Daniel Tyrie, Greg Wycliffe and Ken Jones,[1] and was established as a non-profit corporation on 10 July 2025.[2]

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network also reported the Dominion Society shares membership and discussion spaces with groups such as Diagolon and is acting as the "political arm" of white supremacist group Second Sons.[3] However, in an emailed statement to The Tyee, Dominion Society chairman Daniel Tyrie disputed this characterization.[4] Later on 20 May 2026, Jeremy MacKenzie the founder and leader of the Second Sons denied that he or his group have any connections to the Dominion Society of Canada.[5]

On 16 April 2026, Canadian senator Paula Simons said that the Dominion Society is "now openly calling for campaigns of remigration" during a speech in the Canadian senate about the rise of public racism targeted at immigrants and refugees. This marked the first time that the Dominion Society had been mentioned within a government legislature.[6]

Membership figures

In October 2025, the group was reported by The Canadian Anti-Hate Network to have 1,600 registered members.[7] In late December 2025, the group claimed to have reached over 2,000 registered members.[8] On 19 June 2026, Dominion Society chairman Daniel Tyrie claimed that number of registered members had reached 2,849.[9] The majority of the Dominion Society's registered members are young men.[10] The Canadian Anti-Hate Network reported that supporters of both the Second Sons and the Dominion Society includes police officers, soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces, and members of the RCMP.[3]

Goals

The Dominion Society seeks to promote "Heritage Canadians" as an ethnonationalist group and advocates for a cessation of most forms of immigration to Canada and compelled expulsion of newcomers not of Anglo-Celtic or French European countries.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The Canadian Anti-Hate Network describes the group as the "political arm" of white nationalism in Canada, aiming at pushing the Conservative Party of Canada to endorse the concept of remigration.[3][18]

Activities

On 17 October 2025, during a University of Toronto Mississauga campus event by Member of parliament Jamil Jivani as part of his Restore the North tour, several audience members identified themselves as members of the Dominion Society. When the audience members put the idea of Remigration to Jivani he said, "acknowledge it is complicated."[19] Later, on 3 November 2025, Jivani posted a video on Twitter with a speaker who was wearing a Dominion Society pin.[20]

On 17 November 2025, a group of between 10 and 15 people dressed in dark green hoodies gathered above the Ontario Highway 406 overpass in St. Catharines. Some members waved Canadian Red Ensigns and Dominion Society flags while others hung a banner which read, "REMIGRATION NOW."[21]

On 14 December 2025, members of the Dominion Society (including board members Greg Wycliffe and Ken Jones) gathered on the Deerfoot Highway overpass in Calgary. Some members waved the Canadian Red Ensign and held a dominion society banner over the bridge that read "REMIGRATION NOW".[22][23] The protest was described as the Dominion Society's first showing in Alberta.[24]

On 16 February 2026, Daniel Tyrie was invited to a video podcast interview by Juno News founder Candice Malcolm.[25] During the interview, Tyrie argued that "ethnocultural identity needs to be put at the heart of our immigration policy." At the end of the interview, Malcolm asked Tyrie if he considered himself to be a white nationalist to which Tyrie replied that he considers himself to be a Canadian nationalist. The interview was criticized by former Alberta premier and former immigration minister Jason Kenney. Kenney described Tyrie as a "racist" and described remigration as "Bananas".[26] The interview was also condemned by New Democratic Party MLA Jagrup Brar.[27]

On 18 May 2026 (which was Victoria Day), members of the Dominion Society rallied both Victoria Park and Gore Park in Hamilton, Ontario.[28] The protesters called for a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, to be erected at the site where a monument to him was previously removed in 2021.[29] The protesters also chanted that they would "take our country back."[30] In the aftermath of the rally on 23 May 2026, local anti-racism advocates in Hamilton said that more needed to be done by the city to "combat rising hate," citing the Dominion Society rally on Victoria Day[31] and the rally by Nationalist-13 in late December 2025 which were both held in Gore Park and both spouted anti-immigration slogans.[32]

References

  1. "Who we are". Dominion Society of Canada. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. "Federal corporation information". Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. "White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing". Canadian Anti-Hate Network. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  4. "Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties". The Tyee. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 9 February 2026. Balgord described the Dominion Society as the "political wing" of the movement, but Daniel Tyrie, the co-founder of the organization, disputes that description. "Characterizing the Dominion Society as the 'political wing' of other groups is a baseless and misleading claim that misrepresents our structure, mission and activities," Tyrie told The Tyee in an emailed statement. "We view this as an intentional attempt to undermine the credibility of a fast-growing organization whose message on national identity and remigration is resonating with a growing number of Canadians."
  5. "Assertions that I or @SecondSonsCA are connected to @DominionSoc in any way are false". X. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  6. "Bill to Amend--Second Reading--Debate Continued". Senate of Canada. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026. There is no denying the need to fight hate in this country, be it anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia or "incel"-like misogyny. We have seen a recent rise in public racism in this country that takes my breath away, targeted at immigrants and refugees from East Asia and South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East. Political groups such as the Dominion Society are now openly calling for campaigns of "remigration."
  7. "Canadian Anti-Hate Network warns of growing far-right movement targeting immigration". Visa HQ. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  8. "Very proud to announce another exciting milestone!". X (Twitter). 23 December 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  9. "2,849📈". Twitter. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
  10. "Need to Know: If the government wants to avoid nativism it must fix immigration". The Hub. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  11. Wiechnik, David (26 July 2025). "Dominion Society launches as new voice for Canadian nationalism and remigration". Western Standard. Archived from the original on 19 September 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  12. ""Remigration": How white nationalists are repackaging ethnic cleansing". Canadian Anti-Hate Network. 4 September 2025. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  13. Brown, Alexander (4 September 2025). "Need to Know: If the government wants to avoid nativism it must fix immigration". The Hub. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  14. "What is remigration?". Dominion Society of Canada. Archived from the original on 28 September 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  15. https://www.dominionsociety.ca/what-is-a-canadian
  16. https://www.facebook.com/dominionsoc/videos/what-is-a-heritage-canadian/870840098656853/
  17. "The myth of the immigrant threat". Canadian Dimension. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  18. "Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties". The Tyee. 6 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  19. McKenna, Kate (23 October 2025). "Inside one Conservative MP's 'Restore the North' tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk's movement". CBC News. Archived from the original on 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  20. "Being a descendant of immigrants doesn't mean you have to support mass immigration". X (Twitter). 3 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  21. ""REMIGRATION NOW" demonstration in St. Catharines". The Brock Press. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  22. Society, Dominion (December 14, 2025). "Calgary demands remigration".
  23. "Calgary Nationalist Group Drops "Remigration" Banner Over Deerfoot". Culture Alberta. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  24. "Calgary Nationalist Group Drops "Remigration" Banner Over Deerfoot". Culture Alberta. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2026. The demonstration was organized by the Dominion Society of Canada, a nationalist group founded this past July that's been staging similar protests across Ontario. This appears to be their first Alberta showing.
  25. "How can we reverse the disastrous impact of Trudeau's mass immigration policies?". Juno News. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
  26. "Jason Kenney is Sounding Off at the Right-Wing Website Juno News for Platforming a White Nationalist". Press Progress. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  27. "B.C. Conservatives to attend debate hosted by media group that platforms white supremacy". New Democrat BC Government Caucus. 8 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  28. "Anti-immigration rallies in Hamilton parks spur call for action by city". The Hamilton Spectator. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  29. "Protesters call to restore Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Hamilton". Juno News. 19 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  30. "Anti-immigration rallies in Hamilton parks spur call for action by city". The Hamilton Spectator. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026. Demonstrations by the Dominion Society of Canada were reported on social media at both Victoria and Gore parks on May 18, where attendees were overheard saying they were going to "take our country back" and push to return a contentious statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to Gore Park.
  31. "Anti-immigration rallies in Hamilton parks spur call for action by city". The Hamilton Spectator. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026. Local advocates say more needs to be done to combat rising hate after rallies by an anti-immigration group in city parks on Victoria Day.
  32. "'Horrifying': Masked group of white supremacists march through downtown Hamilton". The Hamilton Spectator. 23 February 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.