Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, province or territory, 2019 to 2020
| 2019 – Race or ethnicity | 2020 – Race or ethnicity | 2019 – Religion | 2020 – Religion | 2019 – Sexual orientation | 2020 – Sexual orientation | 2019 – Other motivation1 | 2020 – Other motivation1 | 2019 – Total | 2020 – Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | number | |
| Canada | 884 | 1,594 | 613 | 515 | 265 | 259 | 150 | 189 | 1,951 | 2,669 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Nova Scotia | 20 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 55 |
| New Brunswick | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 |
| Quebec | 157 | 204 | 137 | 89 | 29 | 35 | 61 | 91 | 399 | 485 |
| Ontario | 376 | 697 | 312 | 290 | 119 | 115 | 32 | 41 | 848 | 1,164 |
| Manitoba | 28 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 55 |
| Saskatchewan | 15 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 53 |
| Alberta | 106 | 211 | 53 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 207 | 291 |
| British Columbia | 161 | 357 | 66 | 69 | 47 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 321 | 519 |
| Yukon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Northwest Territories | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Nunavut | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. The total includes hate crimes where the motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
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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