Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation
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2008 | 2009 | 2008 to 2009 | |||
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number | % | number | % | % change in number | |
Race or ethnicity | |||||
Black | 205 | 37.3 | 272 | 37.7 | 32.7 |
South Asian | 64 | 11.7 | 92 | 12.8 | 43.8 |
Arab or West Asian | 37 | 6.7 | 75 | 10.4 | 102.7 |
East and Southeast Asian | 44 | 8.0 | 71 | 9.8 | 61.4 |
Caucasian | 22 | 4.0 | 34 | 4.7 | 54.5 |
Aboriginal¹ | 20 | 3.6 | 26 | 3.6 | 30.0 |
Multiple races or ethnicities | 115 | 20.9 | 96 | 13.3 | -16.5 |
Other | 42 | 7.7 | 55 | 7.6 | 31.0 |
Unknown | 14 | ... | 41 | ... | 192.9 |
Total | 563 | 100.0 | 762 | 100.0 | 35.3 |
Religion | |||||
Jewish | 165 | 64.2 | 283 | 71.5 | 71.5 |
Muslim (Islam) | 26 | 10.1 | 36 | 9.1 | 38.5 |
Catholic | 30 | 11.7 | 33 | 8.3 | 10.0 |
Other | 36 | 14.0 | 44 | 11.1 | 22.2 |
Unknown | 8 | ... | 14 | ... | ... |
Total | 265 | 100.0 | 410 | 100.0 | 54.7 |
Sexual orientation | 159 | ... | 188 | ... | 18.2 |
Other motivations | 33 | ... | 55 | ... | 66.7 |
Unknown | 16 | ... | 58 | ... | 262.5 |
Total | 1,036 | ... | 1,473 | ... | 42.2 |
not applicable
The number of hate crimes against Aboriginal people may be under-reported due to the unavailability of data from police services in the territories and the Prairie provinces where the proportion of the Aboriginal population in Canada is highest.
Note(s):
In total, information reflects data reported by police services which, in 2009, covered 87% of the population of Canada.
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