Table 3
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious offence, Canada, 2011

Table 3
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious offence, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by most serious offence (appearing as row headers), race/ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, other, unknown and total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Most serious offence Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation OtherNote 1 Unknown Total
percent
Non-violent crime 59 84 35 60 74 61
Mischief in relation to religious propertyNote 2 0 23 0 0 0 5
Other mischief 48 52 28 38 47 45
Public incitement of hatredNote 2 1 1 Note 0s: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 2 0 1
Other non-violent offencesNote 3 9 9 7 21 26 9
Violent crime 41 16 65 40 26 39
Total assault 22 4 43 25 16 22
Common assault (Level 1) 15 3 31 15 11 15
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) 5 1 10 10 5 5
Aggravated assault (Level 3) 1 0 1 0 0 1
Other assault 1 0 0 0 0 1
Uttering threats 11 6 10 10 5 9
Criminal harassment 5 2 7 2 0 4
Other violent offencesNote 4 3 4 5 2 5 4
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1.

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

Note 2.

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

Note 3.

Other non-violent offences include crimes against property or other non-violent criminal violations.

Note 4.

Other violent offences include other crimes against persons involving violence or threat of violence such as robbery or harassing telephone calls.

Note: Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 86% of the population of Canada. It does not include police services reporting to the UCR2.2 Supplemental Survey. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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