Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, 2010 and 2011

Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, 2010 and 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by type of motivation (appearing as row headers), 2010, 2011 and percent change in number from 2010 to 2011, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of motivation 2010 2011 Percent change in number from 2010 to 2011
number percent number percent percent
Race or ethnicity 707 52 679 52 -4
Religion 395 29 326 25 -17
Sexual orientation 218 16 240 18 10
OtherNote 1 51 4 68 5 33
Unknown 30 Note ...: not applicable 19 Note ...: not applicable -37
Total 1,401 100 1,332 100 -5
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex and other similar factors (e.g. occupation or political beliefs).

Note: Information reflects data reported by police services covering 99% of the population of Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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