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Number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by religion, Canada, 2019 to 2023

Jewish Muslim Catholic Other¹ Religion not specified 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 number 20192019 20202020 20212021 20222022 20232023
1.
Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).
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.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Chart description


This is a bar clustered chart.

Number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by religion, Canada, 2019 to 2023, number
  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Jewish 306 331 492 527 900
Muslim 182 84 142 109 211
Catholic 51 43 155 52 49
Other¹ 57 40 64 62 85
Religion not specified 17 32 33 18 39
1.
Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).
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.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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