Table 6 
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident, Canada, 2018 to 2023 

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Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident, Canada, 2018 to 2023
VictimsMen and boys – Gender1Women and girls – Gender1Stranger – Relationship to accused2Acquaintance5 – Relationship to accused2Family member or intimate partner6 – Relationship to accused2No injury or not applicable7 – Injuries3Minor physical injury – Injuries3Major physical injury8 – Injuries3 – Age4
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Detailed hate crime motivation for the criminal incident                    
Total9 8,122 62 38 62 34 5 76 22 3 31.0
Race or ethnicity 4,999 63 37 65 32 3 75 23 2 32.0
Black 1,776 60 40 56 40 4 77 21 2 32.0
East or Southeast Asian 711 57 43 80 17 3 74 26 0 34.0
South Asian 732 73 27 75 23 2 73 25 2 29.0
Arab or West Asian 780 70 30 65 33 3 78 21 1 31.0
Indigenous 166 59 41 51 41 8 68 26 6 33.0
White 233 63 37 66 33 2 68 27 5 33.0
Other or not specified10 601 60 40 65 31 4 78 20 2 33.0
Religion 1,008 54 46 64 30 6 83 15 2 35.0
Jewish 381 62 38 55 41 4 90 9 1 42.0
Muslim 470 44 56 71 21 7 79 20 1 30.0
Catholic 35 71 29 51 40 9 89 6 6 44.5
Other or not specified11 122 61 39 66 25 10 77 17 6 35.0
Sexual orientation 1,224 72 28 51 41 8 70 27 3 27.0
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The table information reflects data from municipal and provincial police services, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, covering over 99% of the Canadian population. This table includes any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to the UCR 2, but that were investigated by other police services that do report, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police or the Sûreté du Québec. Percentages may not add up because of rounding. From 2018 to 2023, information on 8,122 victims was reported in 6,573 violent hate crime incidents. In 16% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim was identified. Incidents where the motivation was unknown are included in the counts given in this note.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

The option for police to code victims as "non-binary" in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey was implemented in 2018. In the context of the UCR Survey, the term "non-binary" refers to a person who publicly expresses themselves as neither exclusively male nor exclusively female. Given that small counts of victims identified as non-binary may exist, the UCR data available to the public have been recoded with these victims distributed in the "men and boys" or "women and girls" categories based on the regional distribution of victims' gender. This recoding ensures the protection of the confidentiality and privacy of victims.

Table note 2

Excludes victims where the relationship to the accused is unknown.

Table note 3

Excludes victims where injuries are unknown.

Table note 4

Excludes victims whose age is unknown or who are older than 110 years.

Table note 5

Includes authority figures, friends, business relationships, criminal relationships, casual acquaintances, neighbours, roommates and reverse authority figures.

Table note 6

Includes spouse, separated or divorced partner, parent, child, other immediate family, extended family, boyfriend or girlfriend, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, step-parent, step-child, or other intimate relationships.

Table note 7

The term "not applicable" refers to incidents that did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force.

Table note 8

Includes incidents that resulted in death.

Table note 9

Includes motivations based on 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), as well as hate crimes where the motivation is unknown.

Table note 10

Includes motivations based on race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American), as well as hate crimes that target more than one race or ethnic group and those where no race or ethnicity was specified.

Table note 11

Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist), as well as those where no religion was specified.
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