A CBC News visual investigation has revealed that members of the Canadian Armed Forces had accounts on WhiteDate, a white-only dating site that promoted white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology, raising serious questions about extremism within the military, including at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.
What Is WhiteDate?
WhiteDate launched in 2017 and explicitly marketed itself as a whites-only platform. Its terms of service banned anyone with "non-white genetic admixture," and the site welcomed profiles bearing swastikas and other white supremacist symbols. Videos hosted on the site promoted the idea that interracial relationships were eradicating white people. Extremism researchers have referred to it as "Tinder for Nazis."
In December 2025, an anonymous hacker known as Martha Root, performing live at a conference in Hamburg, Germany, shut down the site and published its entire user database on a site called OKStupid.
Canadians in the Data
Using the leaked data and more detailed user logs made available exclusively to researchers and journalists, CBC News identified more than 500 accounts based in Canada. Of those, roughly 200 have been matched to real people.
Among them: three members who identify themselves on social media as Canadian Armed Forces personnel.
One user, a navy reservist, shared numerous white supremacist slogans and symbols on a personal social media account. Another, a communications engineering officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force, claims to be part of Canada's initiative to procure next-generation fighter jets. A third profile was also identified and linked to Ottawa-area military activity.
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network independently reviewed and corroborated CBC's identification of at least two of the military members.
Ottawa and the DND Response
Given that National Defence Headquarters is based in Ottawa, the implications of this story touch close to home for the capital. The presence of individuals with extremist views inside the military raises concerns about access to sensitive information, weapons training, and secure intelligence.
"The concern about having individuals with these sorts of beliefs in the military is that they are getting access to training, weapons, secure intelligence, that is not meant to be shared with others," said Katherine Keneally, director of threat analysis and prevention with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
The Department of National Defence confirmed it is investigating the individuals identified by CBC News, and that military personnel are expected to uphold the values of the Armed Forces in their online activities, including off-duty.
A Wider Problem
Evan Balgord, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, was direct: "I would find it extremely difficult to believe that anybody signed up for that site without knowing they were signing up for a site that was white nationalist, white supremacist, fascist, neo-Nazi."
Canada has grappled with the issue of far-right extremism in the military and law enforcement before. The revelations from the WhiteDate data breach add another urgent layer to ongoing conversations about vetting, monitoring, and accountability within institutions of national security.
Source: CBC News visual investigation by Christian Paas-Lang, Ivan Angelovski, and Jordan Pearson. Published March 9, 2026.
