Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, Canada, 2011

Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of characteristics of hate crime victims. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, other, unknown and total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation OtherNote 1 Unknown Total
percent
Sex  
Male 71 66 85 63 60 75
Female 29 34 15 38 40 25
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Age  
Under 18 years 20 18 16 25 60 19
18 to 24 years 17 13 34 4 20 21
25 to 34 years 25 15 20 8 0 22
35 to 44 years 18 23 13 21 0 17
45 to 54 years 15 18 11 29 20 15
55 years and older 5 15 6 13 0 7
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Relationship to accused  
Stranger 65 50 60 46 20 61
AcquaintanceNote 2 33 44 36 50 80 36
FamilyNote 3 2 6 3 4 0 3
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Injuries  
No injury or not applicableNote 4 65 78 51 54 80 61
Minor physical injury 32 22 48 42 20 37
Major physical injury 2 0 1 4 0 2
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Note 1.

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

Note 2.

Includes casual acquaintances, neighbours, business relationships, ex-boy/girlfriends, friends, and other non-family acquaintances.

Note 3.

Includes members of immediate family as well as extended family.

Note 4.

Not applicable refers to incidents which did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force.

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 Supplemental Survey. Information on victims is limited to incidents involving violent offences. In 2011, information on 510 victims was reported in 409 hate crime incidents. In 19% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim was identified. 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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