Table 6 
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2023 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2023
  2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2022 2023 2023
  number % change from previous year number % change from previous year number % change from previous year number % change from previous year
Total 2,646 36 3,355 27 3,612 8 4,777 32
Race or ethnicity 1,619 83 1,745 8 2,002 15 2,128 6
Black 676 96 647 -4 842 30 784 -7
East or Southeast Asian 263 293 312 19 213 -32 192 -10
South Asian 135 67 167 24 196 17 265 35
Arab or West Asian 126 1 184 46 172 -7 262 52
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) 78 169 77 -1 66 -14 70 6
White 85 77 57 -33 91 60 80 -12
Other race or ethnicity1 188 25 223 19 314 41 358 14
Race or ethnicity not specified 68 74 78 15 108 38 117 8
Religion 530 -14 886 67 768 -13 1,284 67
Jewish 331 8 492 49 527 7 900 71
Muslim 84 -54 142 69 109 -23 211 94
Catholic 43 -16 155 260 52 -66 49 -6
Other religion2 40 -30 64 60 62 -3 85 37
Religion not specified 32 88 33 3 18 -45 39 117
Sexual orientation 258 -3 438 70 509 16 860 69
Other motivation3 200 33 205 3 276 35 325 18
Motivation unknown 39 ... 81 ... 57 ... 180 ...
...
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 99.5% 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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