Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, Canada, 2016

Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of hate crime victims. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Race or ethnicity, Religion, Sexual orientation, Other and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Race or ethnicity Religion Sexual orientation OtherTable 6 Note 1 Total
percent
SexTable 6 Note 2
Male 65 53 82 52 65
Female 35 47 18 48 35
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Age group (years)Table 6 Note 3
Under 12 4 2 0 4 3
12 to 17 8 9 17 12 11
18 to 24 17 21 16 11 17
25 to 34 25 22 26 25 25
35 to 44 24 22 18 16 24
45 to 54 13 15 17 19 14
55 and older 10 9 7 14 9
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Relationship to accusedTable 6 Note 4
Stranger 67 70 58 40 64
Acquaintance or family memberTable 6 Note 5 33 30 42 60 36
Total 100 100 100 100 100
InjuriesTable 6 Note 6
No injury or not applicableTable 6 Note 7 72 87 61 66 72
Minor physical injury 26 13 36 34 26
Major physical injury 1 0 3 0 1
Total 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, ex-boy/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 reflects data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police covering 96% of the Canadian population. As such, this table excludes the police service of Calgary that does not report to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2.2) Survey. However, it does include any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to UCR2.2, but that were investigated by other police services that do report, such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, or the Sûreté du Québec. In 2016, information on 641 victims was reported in 514 violent hate crime incidents. In 34% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim was identified. Total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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