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Number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity, Canada, 2018 to 2021

Black East and Southeast Asian South Asian Arab and West Asian Indigenous White Other¹ Race or ethnicity not specified 0 200 400 600 800 number 20182018 20192019 20202020 20212021
1.
Includes motivations based on race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American), as well as hate crimes that target more than one race or ethnic group.
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.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Chart description


This is a bar clustered chart.

Number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity, Canada, 2018 to 2021, number
  2018 2019 2020 2021
Black 295 345 676 642
East and Southeast Asian 60 67 263 305
South Asian 84 81 135 164
Arab and West Asian 93 125 126 184
Indigenous 39 29 78 77
White 42 48 85 53
Other¹ 163 150 188 221
Race or ethnicity not specified 17 39 68 77
1.
Includes motivations based on race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American), as well as hate crimes that target more than one race or ethnic group.
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.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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