Ottawa, June 3 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday announced a new federal advisory council to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate responding to a sharp rise in anti-Jewish incidents across Canada.

The newly created Ministerial Advisory Council on Rights, Equality and Inclusion has been tasked with examining the scale and causes of antisemitism, improving hate-crime data collection, coordinating a government-wide response and assessing the effectiveness of federal anti-hate measures.

The announcement comes amid growing concern over antisemitism in Canada. According to the government, more than two-thirds of religion-motivated hate crimes recorded last year targeted Jewish Canadians, despite Jews accounting for about...