Table 2 
Confirmed and suspected hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2021 to 2023 

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Confirmed and suspected hate crimes, by type of motivation, Canada, 2021 to 2023
Confirmed – 2021Suspected – 2021Confirmed – 2021Confirmed – 2022Suspected – 2022Confirmed – 2022Confirmed – 2023Suspected – 2023Confirmed – 2023
  numbernumber % numbernumber % numbernumber %
Type of motivation                  
Total 2,450 905 73 2,521 1,091 70 3,513 1,264 74
Race or ethnicity 1,232 513 71 1,377 625 69 1,554 574 73
Religion 714 172 81 567 201 74 1,024 260 80
Sexual orientation 297 141 68 357 152 70 609 251 71
Language 23 10 70 39 24 62 30 20 60
Mental or physical disability 13 3 81 8 7 53 8 5 62
Sex or gender 41 19 68 51 39 57 82 41 67
Age 9 5 64 4 1 80 8 2 80
Other motivation1 65 17 79 77 26 75 91 38 71
Motivation unknown 56 25 69 41 16 72 107 73 59
Note(s):
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey defines a confirmed hate crime as a criminal violation motivated by hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other similar factor. Hate crime counts from the UCR Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. A suspected hate crime is a criminal violation with reasonable suspicion that it is motivated by hate, bias or prejudice, but cannot be proven to be solely motivated by hate. The determination of a violation as a hate crime, and subsequently as a confirmed or suspected hate crime, is made at the discretion of the responding police service. Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering over 99% of the population of Canada.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Includes immigrants or newcomers to Canada, a combination of more than two motivations, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
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