Table 1 
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2024 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2020 to 2024
  2020 2020 2021 2021 2022 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024
  number % number % number % number % number %
Detailed motivation                    
Total 2,646 100 3,355 100 3,612 100 4,828 100 4,882 100
Race or ethnicity 1,619 62 1,745 53 2,002 56 2,198 46 2,377 50
Black 676 26 647 20 842 24 821 17 873 18
East or Southeast Asian 263 10 312 10 213 6 195 4 185 4
South Asian 135 5 167 5 196 6 279 6 321 7
Arab or West Asian 126 5 184 6 172 5 268 6 310 6
Indigenous 78 3 77 2 66 2 72 2 59 1
White 85 3 57 2 91 3 84 2 83 2
Other race or ethnicity1 188 7 223 7 314 9 364 8 446 9
Race or ethnicity not specified 68 3 78 2 108 3 115 2 100 2
Religion 530 20 886 27 768 22 1,345 28 1,342 28
Jewish 331 13 492 15 527 15 959 20 920 19
Muslim 84 3 142 4 109 3 220 5 229 5
Catholic 43 2 155 5 52 1 49 1 61 1
Other religion2 40 2 64 2 62 2 85 2 105 2
Religion not specified 32 1 33 1 18 1 32 1 27 1
Sexual orientation 258 10 438 13 509 14 889 19 658 14
Other motivation3 200 8 205 6 276 8 315 7 397 8
Motivation unknown 39 ... 81 ... 57 ... 81 ... 108 ...
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not applicable
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. Percentages have been calculated excluding hate crimes where the motivation was unknown. Percentages may not add to 100% because of rounding.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

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.

Table note 2

Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., other Christian, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).

Table note 3

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).
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