Table 2 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2015 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2015
Number – Race or ethnicity% – Race or ethnicityNumber – Religion% – ReligionNumber – Sexual orientation% – Sexual orientationNumber – Other1% – Other1Number – Total% – Total
Non-violent 327 55 339 76 55 41 46 63 785 62
Mischief in relation to religious property2 1 0s 58 13 0 0 0 0 59 5
Other mischief 253 43 228 51 41 31 26 36 561 44
Public incitement of hatred and advocating genocide2 19 3 19 4 5 4 7 10 53 4
Other non-violent offences3 54 9 34 8 9 7 13 18 112 9
Violent 265 45 110 24 78 59 27 37 487 38
Total assault 126 21 27 6 45 34 7 10 206 16
Common assault (Level 1) 84 14 17 4 29 22 6 8 137 11
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) or aggravated assault (Level 3) 42 7 10 2 16 12 1 1 69 5
Uttering threats  75 13 53 12 14 11 9 12 155 12
Criminal harassment 32 5 14 3 11 8 4 5 62 5
Other violent offences4 32 5 16 4 8 6 7 10 64 5
Total   592 100 449 100 133 100 73 100 1,272 100
0
true zero or a value rounded to zero
0s
value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note(s):
Information in this table reflects data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) covering 94% of the Canadian population. As such, this table excludes a small number of police services that do not report to the UCR2.2 Survey, among which are the municipal police services for Calgary, Quebec and Saint John. However, it does include any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to UCR2.2, but that were investigated by other police services that do report, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, or the Sûreté du Québec. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. Total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex and other similar factors (e.g. occupation or political beliefs).

Table note 2

These offences are by definition hate crimes. The other listed offences are general Criminal Code offences, such as assault, uttering threats, etc., motivated by hate.

Table note 3

Other non-violent offences include crimes against property or other non-violent criminal violations.

Table note 4

Other violent offences include other crimes against persons involving violence or threat of violence such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, harassing telephone calls or other assaults.
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