The Proud Boys are a neofascist men’s group started in the United States by Canadian far-right activist Gavin McInnes. Several Canadian chapters of the Proud Boys operated until late 2020, when the possibility of the Proud Boys becoming a designated terrorist group became a point of national conversation. At the time, some Canadian members had already left in favour of accelerationist neo-Nazi group. In 2022, it was reported that Canadian former Proud Boys were behind a large neo-Nazi propaganda network.

Proud Boys espouse Islamophobia, antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, and extreme anti-2SLGBTQA+ rhetoric and are best known for their roles in violent actions, often playing the roles of enforcers of far-right politics. The Proud Boys appropriated several symbols that are not explicitly fascist, including their use of black and yellow polo shirts as uniforms.

Despite well-documented evidence, the group often attempts to cloud its agenda by discussing members’ activities with each other, rather than attacks on target groups, and emphasizing the group’s role as a “drinking club”.