Peter Smith
Canadian Anti-Hate Network
A photograph of Donovan Ballingall uploaded to Wikimedia.
A 23-year-old Winnipeg man remains in custody after law enforcement reports arresting him on hate-related charges.
Donovan MacKenzie Ballingall was arrested on April 29, 2025, for four counts of willful promotion of hatred. According to a release from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ballingall was reported by a user of the X social media platform for “posting content involving hateful rhetoric targeting the Jewish, Muslim, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, as well as visible minorities.”
Following an investigation, the user of the account was identified and linked to other online accounts used to post content containing hateful rhetoric.
The arrest was made by the RCMP’s Northwest Region Federal Policing National Security, a branch dedicated to investigating violent extremism and terrorism, including crimes involving “promoting, facilitating, threatening, or using acts of serious violence against persons or property for a political, religious, or ideological objective.”
Ballingall’s Online Footprint
Ballingall remains in custody at the Winnipeg Remand Centre but has left an extensive online trail that includes his attempts at building an audience live streaming, the formation of an organization whose membership may consist of only Ballingall, and a litany of suspended and banned accounts across multiple social media platforms.
One of the most recent and still active websites registered to Ballingall is the Soldiers of Saint Joseph (SSJ). Intended to be a political party, the SSJ purports to recruit and sell merchandise online. There is no indication that the group is more than just Ballingall and the website.
The website’s store sells “Folk and Faith” patches, which combine a red cross over an altered Norse Odal rune printed onto a shield. The shield—which is stylized to have the top left corner removed—and rune—which, unlike the historic Odal symbol, has extra serif feet or wings—contain elements unique to Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist regime.
Screen capture taken from the Soldiers of Saint Joseph website.
A digital copy of a manifesto for the organization is listed on the website’s store for free, though it requires personal and credit card information in order to be accessed.
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network was able to obtain a copy of the document from another source. In “The White Truth,” which lists Ballingall as its author and gives him the title Regent Father Donovan Ballingall, the 34-page document outlines SSJ’s policy positions. These include forced deportations, prison slave labour camps (followed by execution when the inmate can no longer work), and proposed laws against immorality.
“The most optimal form of government is a theocratic dictatorship,” the document reads, “operating on the premise of biblical law and led by an intelligent, passionate and strong man invigorated by a love for his people. This man would do anything to maintain the safety and health of his nation and his race.”
Notably, the document frequently blames Jews for the current state of the world, accusing them of facilitating “the migration of hostile peoples and cultures into our nation” and in the document’s more poetic moments, attempting to stamp out the “adventurous spark” of European people.
“The Jews have made it one of their main goals to destroy the traditional Western family. They are coming for your children to turn them into homosexuals and preach tolerance.”
Reflecting an idea that has recently become prominent in the national far-right, Ballingall also attempts to explain the concept of the “Canadian race.” This is the idea that an intermixing of primarily the Irish, French, Scottish, and English settlers has resulted in an ethnic group unique to Canada.
Many of the symbols and art depicting Ballingall used on the SSJ website also appear on his other social media.
Information about the website’s registry shows the SSJ administrator is based out of Winnipeg, Manitoba and includes an alias frequently used by Ballingall.
Of the two Facebook accounts found belonging to a Donovon Ballingall one lists him as living in Brandon, Manitoba (a city over two hours from Winnipeg) and connects him to the same online alias used to register the website. This account uses a picture of actor Edward Norton from his role as a neo-Nazi in the film American History X.
A second Facebook profile uses the same illustrations of Ballingall as the SSJ website.
Under his alias, Ballingall has uploaded extensive videos to the low-moderation video site Bitchute and the video hosting site Goyim TV, a platform created by the leader of the neo-Nazi Goyim Defence League, Jon Minadeo II better known as Handsome Truth.
In his video content, Ballingal would use roulette-style video chat services—platforms that connect users into live streaming video chat with others—to troll and harass others. In clips posted to his various video channels, Ballingall is seen interacting with numerous individuals, some of whom appear to be under 18, where he shouts slurs and complains mostly about one of his favourite topics, the Jews. This includes a distinctive sign reading “Fuck Jews,” emblazened with a swastika.
Other items visible in the background of his streams include a bust of Adolf Hitler and the Rebel flag of the Confederate States of America
A picture of a man similar in appearance to Ballingall is seen holding the same sign that was posted to X by former journalist turned political strategist Warren Kinsella in November 2024. The man in the picture is reported to be near the University of Winnipeg and is shown giving the “Roman” or Nazi salute.
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Another since-deactivated website and store linked to by the same online alias sold a variety of merchandise. This includes coffee mugs, hats and posters containing various neo-Nazi symbols and slogans.
The site was either deleted or suspended, but archives of some of its contents include portraits of Christchurch, New Zealand mass shooter Brenton Tarrant.
His social media include several accounts that have been banned or suspended. This includes a deactivated account on the fundraising site Patreon, as well as X—alleged by the RCMP to be where their investigation began.
