Table 6 
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident, Canada, 2018 to 2022 

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Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident, Canada, 2018 to 2022
VictimsMen and boys – Gender1Women and girls – Gender1Stranger – Relationship to accused2Acquaintance5 – Relationship to accused2Family member or intimate partner6 – Relationship to accused2No injury or not applicable7 – Injuries3Minor physical injury – Injuries3Major physical injury8 – Injuries3 – Age4
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Detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident                    
Total9 5,946 63 37 62 33 5 75 22 3 31.5
Race or ethnicity 3,764 63 37 66 31 3 74 23 2 32.0
Black 1,364 61 39 57 39 4 75 23 3 32.0
East or Southeast Asian 600 56 44 79 19 2 73 26 0 34.0
South Asian 538 74 26 77 22 1 72 25 3 30.0
Arab or West Asian 577 70 30 63 34 3 76 22 2 31.0
Indigenous 123 58 42 53 37 10 64 25 11 30.0
White 171 65 35 73 25 3 64 27 9 35.0
Other or not specified10 391 60 40 65 31 4 80 19 1 35.0
Religion 688 56 44 64 29 7 84 14 2 35.0
Jewish 241 64 36 54 42 5 91 7 1 42.0
Muslim 335 47 53 73 21 7 82 17 1 31.0
Catholic 27 74 26 48 44 7 85 7 7 44.5
Other or not specified11 85 61 39 62 22 15 71 20 8 35.0
Sexual orientation 890 73 27 51 41 8 70 26 4 27.0
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate-motivated crime incidents. The table information reflects data from municipal and provincial police services, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, covering up to 99.7% of the Canadian population. This table includes any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to the UCR 2.2, but that were investigated by other police services that do report, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police or the Sûreté du Québec. Percentages may not add up because of rounding. From 2018 to 2022, information on 5,946 victims was reported in 4,828 violent hate crime incidents. In 16% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim was identified. Incidents where the motivation was unknown are included in the counts given in this note.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

The option for police to code victims as "non-binary" in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey was implemented in 2018. In the context of the UCR Survey, the term "non-binary" refers to a person who publicly expresses themselves as neither exclusively male nor exclusively female. Given that small counts of victims identified as non-binary may exist, the UCR data available to the public have been recoded with these victims distributed in the "men and boys" or "women and girls" categories based on the regional distribution of victims' gender. This recoding ensures the protection of the confidentiality and privacy of victims.

Table note 2

Excludes victims where the relationship to the accused is unknown.

Table note 3

Excludes victims where injuries are unknown.

Table note 4

Excludes victims whose age is unknown or who are older than 110 years.

Table note 5

Includes authority figures, friends, business relationships, criminal relationships, casual acquaintances, neighbours, roommates and reverse authority figures.

Table note 6

Includes spouse, separated or divorced partner, parent, child, other immediate family, extended family, boyfriend or girlfriend, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, step-parent, step-child, or other intimate relationships.

Table note 7

The term "not applicable" refers to incidents that did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force.

Table note 8

Includes incidents that resulted in death.

Table note 9

Includes motivations based on mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs), as well as hate crimes where the motivation is unknown.

Table note 10

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 and those where no race or ethnicity was specified.

Table note 11

Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist), as well as those where no religion was specified.
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