Table 6 
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2022 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2022
  2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2022
  number % change from previous year number % change from previous year number % change from previous year
Total 2,646 36 3,355 27 3,576 7
Race or ethnicity 1,619 83 1,745 8 1,950 12
Black 676 96 647 -4 829 28
East or Southeast Asian 263 293 312 19 220 -29
South Asian 135 67 167 24 197 18
Arab or West Asian 126 1 184 46 172 -7
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) 78 169 77 -1 69 -10
White 85 77 57 -33 88 54
Other race or ethnicity1 188 25 223 19 284 27
Race or ethnicity not specified 68 74 78 15 91 17
Religion 530 -14 886 67 750 -15
Jewish 331 8 492 49 502 2
Muslim 84 -54 142 69 108 -24
Catholic 43 -16 155 260 52 -66
Other religion2 40 -30 64 60 55 -14
Religion not specified 32 88 33 3 33 0
Sexual orientation 258 -3 438 70 491 12
Other motivation3 200 33 205 3 268 31
Motivation unknown 39 ... 81 ... 117 ...
...
not applicable
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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