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Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2013 to 2023

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number 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TotalTotal Race or ethnicityRace or ethnicity ReligionReligion Sexual orientationSexual orientation Sex or genderSex or gender Other motivation¹Other motivation¹
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Includes mental or physical disability, language, age, immigrants or newcomers to Canada, a combination of more than two motivations, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
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 over 99% of the population of Canada. The total includes a small number (approximately 2%) of incidents that were confirmed or suspected to be hate crimes, but where the motivation was reported as unknown by police.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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This is a combined line chart.

Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2013 to 2023, number
  Total Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation Sex or gender Other motivation¹
2013 1,167 585 326 186 9 51
2014 1,295 611 429 155 22 55
2015 1,362 641 469 141 12 74
2016 1,409 666 460 176 24 64
2017 2,073 878 842 204 32 85
2018 1,817 793 657 186 54 105
2019 1,951 884 613 265 56 94
2020 2,646 1,619 530 258 49 151
2021 3,355 1,745 886 438 60 145
2022 3,612 2,002 768 509 90 186
2023 4,777 2,128 1,284 860 123 202
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Includes mental or physical disability, language, age, immigrants or newcomers to Canada, a combination of more than two motivations, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
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 over 99% of the population of Canada. The total includes a small number (approximately 2%) of incidents that were confirmed or suspected to be hate crimes, but where the motivation was reported as unknown by police.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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