Table 5
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by motivation, Canada, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of hate crime victims, by motivation. 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
SexNote 2  
Male 72 61 80 63 62 72
Female 28 39 20 38 38 28
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
AgeNote 3  
Under 18 years 18 9 22 25 17 18
18 to 24 years 18 20 34 8 8 22
25 to 34 years 24 17 19 25 42 22
35 to 44 years 20 13 12 25 17 17
45 to 54 years 14 24 10 8 8 14
55 years and older 6 17 3 8 8 7
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
Relationship to accusedNote 4  
Stranger 67 55 62 38 64 62
Acquaintance or family memberNote 5 34 45 38 62 36 38
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100
InjuriesNote 6  
No injury or not applicableNote 7 66 89 62 78 75 68
Minor physical injury 32 11 37 22 25 30
Major physical injury 2 0 2 0 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).

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Note 2.

Excludes victims where sex is unknown.

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Note 3.

Excludes victims where age is unknown or over 89.

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Note 4.

Excludes victims where relationship to accused is unknown.

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Note 5.

Includes casual acquaintances, neighbours, business relationships, exboy/girlfriends, friends, and other non-family acquaintances as well as members of immediate family or extended family.

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Note 6.

Excludes victims where injuries are unknown.

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Note 7.

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

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Note: Information in this table regarding the nature of offence 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 in Toronto, Calgary, Quebec and Saint John. Information on victims is limited to incidents involving violent offences. 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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