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Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2012 to 2021

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number 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 TotalTotal Race or ethnicityRace or ethnicity ReligionReligion Sexual orientationSexual orientation Sex or genderSex or gender Other motivation¹Other motivation¹
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Includes mental or physical disability, language, age and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The chart information reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. The total includes approximately 2% of hate crime incidents for which the motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2012 to 2021, number
  Total Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation Sex or gender Other motivation¹
2012 1,414 704 419 185 10 72
2013 1,167 585 326 186 9 51
2014 1,295 611 429 155 22 55
2015 1,362 641 469 141 12 74
2016 1,409 666 460 176 24 64
2017 2,073 878 842 204 32 85
2018 1,817 793 657 186 54 105
2019 1,951 884 613 265 56 94
2020 2,646 1,619 530 258 49 151
2021 3,360 1,723 884 423 62 137
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Includes mental or physical disability, language, age and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The chart information reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. The total includes approximately 2% of hate crime incidents for which the motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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