Table 4 
Police-reported hate-motivated crime, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2021 

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Police-reported hate-motivated crime, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2021
  2020 2019 to 2020 2021 2020 to 2021
  number % change number % change
Race or ethnicity 1,619 83 1,723 6
Black 676 96 642 -5
East or Southeast Asian 263 293 305 16
South Asian 135 67 164 21
Arab or West Asian 126 1 184 46
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) 78 169 77 -1
White 85 77 53 -38
Other race or ethnicity1 188 25 221 18
Race or ethnicity not specified 68 74 77 13
Religion 530 -14 884 67
Jewish 331 8 487 47
Muslim 84 -54 144 71
Catholic 43 -16 155 260
Other religion2 40 -30 64 60
Religion not specified 32 88 34 6
Sexual orientation 258 -3 423 64
Other motivation3 200 33 199 -1
Motivation unknown 39 0 131 236
Total 2,646 36 3,360 27
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.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Includes motivations based upon race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American) as well as hate crimes which target more than one race or ethnic group.

Table note 2

Includes motivations based upon religion not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).

Table note 3

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