Table 7
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2011 and 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), 2011 and 2012, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation	2011		2012
Detailed motivation	number	percent	number	percent
Race/ethnicity	679	52	704	51
Black	268	20	295	21
Arab / West Asian	50	4	64	5
South Asian	59	4	55	4
East and Southeast Asian	62	5	50	4
Aboriginal	27	2	33	2
White	30	2	20	1
Other^Note 1	152	12	156	11
Race not specified	31	2	31	2
Religion	326	25	419	30
Jewish	188	14	242	17
Muslim	49	4	45	3
Catholic	29	2	37	3
Other^Note 2	36	3	54	4
Religion not specified	24	2	41	3
Sexual Orientation	240	18	185	13
Other^Note 3	68	5	82	6
Unknown	19	Note ...: not applicable	24	Note ...: not applicable
Total	1,332	100	1,414	100
... not applicable Note 1. Includes motivations based upon race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g. Latin American, South American) as well as hate crimes which target more than one race or ethnic group. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes motivations based upon religions not otherwise stated (e.g. Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex and other similar factors (e.g. occupation or political beliefs). Return to note 3 referrer Note: Information reflects data reported by police services covering 99% of the population of Canada. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding and do not include variables reported as "unknown" in their calculation. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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