Table 3 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2021 and 2022 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2021 and 2022
2021 – Race or ethnicity2022 – Race or ethnicity2021 – Religion2022 – Religion2021 – Sexual orientation2022 – Sexual orientation2021 – Other motivation12022 – Other motivation12021 – Total2022 – Total
  numbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumber
Most serious violation                    
Total 1,745 1,950 886 750 438 491 205 268 3,355 3,576
Non-violent 818 930 711 580 217 231 101 117 1,880 1,931
Mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group2 37 80 175 126 16 17 8 6 241 244
General mischief3 594 680 449 380 145 170 64 84 1,271 1,361
Advocating genocide2 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 3
Public incitement of hatred2 48 33 28 25 10 10 11 12 102 86
Other non-violent violations4 137 136 55 47 46 34 18 15 259 237
Violent 927 1,020 175 170 221 260 104 151 1,475 1,645
Total assault 481 533 52 57 94 111 29 47 667 759
Common assault (Level 1)5 325 358 35 45 56 75 16 28 441 513
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) and aggravated assault (Level 3)5 156 175 17 12 38 36 13 19 226 246
Uttering threats 240 258 74 49 60 77 31 48 424 450
Criminal harassment 102 106 20 30 33 30 14 18 175 191
Other violent violations6 104 123 29 34 34 42 30 38 209 245
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate-motivated crime incidents. The table information reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. The total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
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).

Table note 2

These offences are by definition hate crimes. The other listed offences are general Criminal Code offences, such as assault or uttering threats, motivated by hate.

Table note 3

General mischief includes all mischief-related violations except for mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group, which is captured separately.

Table note 4

Other non-violent offences include crimes against property (e.g., breaking and entering) or other non-violent criminal violations (e.g., disturbing the peace).

Table note 5

Includes assaults against public peace officers.

Table note 6

Other violent offences include other crimes against people involving violence or the threat of violence, such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, indecent or harassing communications, or other assaults, and some traffic offences.
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