Table 7
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014 and 2015

Table 7
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), 2014 and 2015, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation 2014 2015
number percent number percent
Race/ethnicity 611 48 641 48
Black 238 19 224 17
East or Southeast Asian 52 4 49 4
South Asian 49 4 48 4
Arab or West Asian 69 5 92 7
Aboriginal 37 3 35 3
White 49 4 38 3
Other Note 1 106 8 130 10
Race not specified 11 1 25 2
Religion 429 34 469 35
Jewish 213 17 178 13
Muslim 99 8 159 12
Catholic 35 3 55 4
Other Note 2 49 4 41 3
Religion not specified 33 3 36 3
Sexual orientation 155 12 141 11
Other Note 3 77 6 86 6
Unknown 23 Note ...: not applicable 25 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,295 100 1,362 100
... 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.

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Note 2

Includes motivations based upon religions not otherwise stated (e.g. Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).

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Note 3

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

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Note: Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99% of the population of Canada. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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