Table 3 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2016 and 2017 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2016 and 2017
2016 – Race or ethnicity2017 – Race or ethnicity2016 – Religion2017 – Religion2016 – Sexual orientation2017 – Sexual orientation2016 – Other motivation12017 – Other motivation12016 – Total2017 – Total
  numbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumber
Total   629 824 450 826 171 197 88 115 1,357 1,994
Non-violent violations 334 436 328 631 50 92 34 65 755 1,239
Mischief in relation to property used by an identifiable group2 0 1 63 71 0 0 0 0 63 72
Other mischief 260 356 220 428 37 79 16 44 535 913
Public incitement of hatred and advocating genocide2 36 34 14 75 5 2 10 11 70 128
Other non-violent violations3 38 45 31 57 8 11 8 10 87 126
Violent violations 295 388 122 195 121 105 54 50 602 755
Total assault 146 178 30 40 67 50 23 18 267 289
Common assault (Level 1) 112 126 20 25 47 36 14 11 194 199
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) and aggravated assault (Level 3) 34 52 10 15 20 14 9 7 73 90
Uttering threats  77 134 44 94 25 28 20 19 174 283
Criminal harassment 29 40 30 31 17 12 5 5 82 91
Other violent violations4 43 36 18 30 12 15 6 8 79 92
Note(s):
Information in this table reflects data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police covering 99.4% of the Canadian population. As such, this table excludes Saint John and Calgary police services. However, it does include any counts that occurred within the Saint John or Calgary police services' jurisdiction that were investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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 (e.g., breaking and entering) or other non-violent criminal violations (e.g., disturbing the peace).

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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