Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation and province or territory, 2017 to 2019
| 2018 – Race or ethnicity | 2019 – Race or ethnicity | 2018 – Religion | 2019 – Religion | 2018 – Sexual orientation | 2019 – Sexual orientation | 2018 – Other motivation1 | 2019 – Other motivation1 | 2018 – Total | 2019 – Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | |
| Canada | 793 | 876 | 657 | 608 | 186 | 263 | 159 | 152 | 1,817 | 1,946 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Prince Edward Island | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Nova Scotia | 21 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 32 |
| New Brunswick | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 33 |
| Quebec | 131 | 155 | 139 | 139 | 27 | 29 | 70 | 63 | 379 | 402 |
| Ontario | 346 | 378 | 326 | 311 | 83 | 118 | 47 | 34 | 807 | 850 |
| Manitoba | 23 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 56 |
| Saskatchewan | 17 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 32 |
| Alberta | 119 | 106 | 86 | 52 | 21 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 245 | 207 |
| British Columbia | 124 | 153 | 74 | 62 | 38 | 45 | 22 | 32 | 259 | 308 |
| Yukon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Nunavut | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Note(s):
Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. Total includes hate crimes where the motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
Table note 1
Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
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