Table 6
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2024
| 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023r | 2023r | 2024 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % change from previous year | number | % change from previous year | number | % change from previous year | number | % change from previous year | number | % change from previous year | |
| Total | 2,646 | 36 | 3,355 | 27 | 3,612 | 8 | 4,828 | 34 | 4,882 | 1 |
| Race or ethnicity | 1,619 | 83 | 1,745 | 8 | 2,002 | 15 | 2,198 | 10 | 2,377 | 8 |
| Black | 676 | 96 | 647 | -4 | 842 | 30 | 821 | -2 | 873 | 6 |
| East or Southeast Asian | 263 | 293 | 312 | 19 | 213 | -32 | 195 | -8 | 185 | -5 |
| South Asian | 135 | 67 | 167 | 24 | 196 | 17 | 279 | 42 | 321 | 15 |
| Arab or West Asian | 126 | 1 | 184 | 46 | 172 | -7 | 268 | 56 | 310 | 16 |
| Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) | 78 | 169 | 77 | -1 | 66 | -14 | 72 | 9 | 59 | -18 |
| White | 85 | 77 | 57 | -33 | 91 | 60 | 84 | -8 | 83 | -1 |
| Other race or ethnicity1 | 188 | 25 | 223 | 19 | 314 | 41 | 364 | 16 | 446 | 23 |
| Race or ethnicity not specified | 68 | 74 | 78 | 15 | 108 | 38 | 115 | 6 | 100 | -13 |
| Religion | 530 | -14 | 886 | 67 | 768 | -13 | 1,345 | 75 | 1,342 | 0s |
| Jewish | 331 | 8 | 492 | 49 | 527 | 7 | 959 | 82 | 920 | -4 |
| Muslim | 84 | -54 | 142 | 69 | 109 | -23 | 220 | 102 | 229 | 4 |
| Catholic | 43 | -16 | 155 | 260 | 52 | -66 | 49 | -6 | 61 | 24 |
| Other religion2 | 40 | -30 | 64 | 60 | 62 | -3 | 85 | 37 | 105 | 24 |
| Religion not specified | 32 | 88 | 33 | 3 | 18 | -45 | 32 | 78 | 27 | -16 |
| Sexual orientation | 258 | -3 | 438 | 70 | 509 | 16 | 889 | 75 | 658 | -26 |
| Other motivation3 | 200 | 33 | 205 | 3 | 276 | 35 | 315 | 14 | 397 | 26 |
| Motivation unknown | 39 | ... | 81 | ... | 57 | ... | 81 | ... | 108 | ... |
r
revised
...
not applicable
0
true zero or a value rounded to zero
0s
value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering over 99% of the population of Canada.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
Table note 1
Includes motivations based upon race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American) as well as hate crimes which target more than one race or ethnic group.
Table note 2
Includes motivations based upon religion not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).
Table note 3
Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs).
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