Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014, 2015 and 2016

Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014, 2015 and 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), 2014, 2015 and 2016, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation 2014 2015 2016
number percent number percent number percent
Race/ethnicity 611 48 641 48 666 48
Black 238 19 224 17 214 15
East or Southeast Asian 52 4 49 4 61 4
South Asian 49 4 48 4 72 5
Arab or West Asian 69 5 92 7 112 8
Aboriginal 37 3 35 3 30 2
White 49 4 38 3 36 3
OtherTable 2 Note 1 106 8 130 10 125 9
Race not specified 11 1 25 2 16 1
Religion 429 34 469 35 460 33
Jewish 213 17 178 13 221 16
Muslim 99 8 159 12 139 10
Catholic 35 3 55 4 27 2
OtherTable 2 Note 2 49 4 41 3 37 3
Religion not specified 33 3 36 3 36 3
Sexual orientation 155 12 141 11 176 13
OtherTable 2 Note 3 77 6 86 6 88 6
Unknown 23 Note ...: not applicable 25 Note ...: not applicable 19 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,295 100 1,362 100 1,409 100
... 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 99.7% of the population of Canada. Percentages have been calculated excluding hate crimes where the motivation was unknown. 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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