Canada is to hold a national conference next month to discuss ways of preventing young people from pursuing the "jihadism" following the arrest of 10 youths attempting to join ISIL.

Canada is to hold a national conference next month to discuss ways of preventing young people from pursuing the "jihadism" following the arrest of 10 youths attempting to join the so-called 'Islamic State of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group, officials said Wednesday.

A spokesman for Minister of Public Safety Steven Blaney said the conference would be held in June and would bring together officials from all Canadian
provinces to discuss prevention strategies.

On Tuesday Canadian police said they had arrested 10 young people as they allegedly tried to leave the country to join ISIL.

The federal police arrested the group, all residents of the Montreal area, last weekend at the city's international airport and their passports have been withdrawn.

ISIL is known for its brutality in the swathes of territory it seizes in Syria and Iraq. The group's radical ideology has inspired thousands of people to join it or try to send support.

Canada in particular has been concerned over the number of youths from the country who have tried to join the group.

University of Ottawa student John Maguire was reportedly killed in December in Syria, while six teenagers from the Montreal area left the country and apparently joined IS several months ago.

Another teen was arrested in March for aiming to join the ISIL.

Lawmakers recently endorsed a new anti-terror law that boosts powers of Canada's spy agency amid concerns of attacks within the country.