Table 3 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2022 and 2023 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2022 and 2023
2022 – Race or ethnicity2023 – Race or ethnicity2022 – Religion2023 – Religion2022 – Sexual orientation2023 – Sexual orientation2022 – Other motivation12023 – Other motivation12022 – Total2023 – Total
  numbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumber
Most serious violation                    
Total 2,002 2,128 768 1,284 509 860 276 325 3,612 4,777
Non-violent 956 994 594 911 240 505 117 132 1,942 2,634
Mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group2 94 71 124 118 17 30 5 2 246 232
General mischief3 685 703 399 650 177 332 83 79 1,367 1,826
Advocating genocide2 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 10
Public incitement of hatred2 34 50 26 42 11 23 16 24 91 150
Other non-violent violations4 142 164 43 97 35 120 13 27 235 416
Violent 1,046 1,134 174 373 269 355 159 193 1,670 2,143
Total assault 550 568 52 122 119 148 52 69 780 939
Common assault (Level 1)5 367 392 42 90 79 103 29 49 523 655
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) and aggravated assault (Level 3)5 183 176 10 32 40 45 23 20 257 284
Uttering threats 262 337 53 150 77 106 50 61 448 684
Criminal harassment 108 115 30 37 31 52 18 22 190 238
Other violent violations6 126 114 39 64 42 49 39 41 252 282
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The table information reflects data reported by police services covering over 99% of the population of Canada. The total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, immigrants or newcomers to Canada, a combination of more than two motivations, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).

Table note 2

These offences are by definition hate crimes. The other listed offences are general Criminal Code offences, such as assault or uttering threats, motivated by hate.

Table note 3

General mischief includes all mischief-related violations except for mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group, which is captured separately.

Table note 4

Other non-violent offences include crimes against property (e.g., breaking and entering) or other non-violent criminal violations (e.g., disturbing the peace).

Table note 5

Includes assaults against public peace officers.

Table note 6

Other violent offences include other crimes against people involving violence or the threat of violence, such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, indecent or harassing communications, or other assaults, and some traffic offences.
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