Table 3
Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation, by province and territory, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Race or ethnicity, Religion, Sexual orientation, Other, Unknown and Total, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation OtherNote 1 Unknown Total
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.8 0 0.0 2 0.4 6 1.2
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0 2 1.4 2 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.7
Nova Scotia 34 3.6 2 0.2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0 0.0 48 5.1
New Brunswick 18 2.4 1 0.1 4 0.5 2 0.3 0 0.0 25 3.3
Quebec 48 0.6 93 1.2 13 0.2 29 0.4 17 0.2 200 2.5
Ontario 401 3.0 225 1.7 96 0.7 27 0.2 1 0.0 750 5.6
Manitoba 15 1.2 4 0.3 3 0.2 4 0.3 0 0.0 26 2.1
Saskatchewan 8 0.7 7 0.7 3 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.1 19 1.8
Alberta 76 2.0 43 1.1 22 0.6 5 0.1 1 0.0 147 3.8
British Columbia 102 2.2 42 0.9 30 0.7 8 0.2 2 0.0 184 4.0
Yukon 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 5.5 1 2.8 0 0.0 3 8.3
Northwest Territories 1 2.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.3
Nunavut 1 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 3.0
Canada 704 2.0 419 1.2 185 0.5 82 0.2 24 0.1 1,414 4.1
Note 1.

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

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Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. 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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