Table 7
Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes, Canada, 2016

Table 7
Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes. 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 7 Note 1 Total
percent
SexTable 7 Note 2
Male 80 94 97 87 87
Female 20 6 3 13 13
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Age group (years)Table 7 Note 3
Under 12 1 2 1 2 1
12 to 17 11 18 23 25 17
18 to 24 20 13 27 18 19
25 to 34 26 29 10 14 22
35 to 44 19 15 22 9 18
45 to 54 16 9 7 14 12
55 and older 6 14 9 18 10
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 accused where sex is unknown.

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Note 3

Excludes accused where age is unknown or over 89. It should be noted that children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence.

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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. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding. Total includes information for incidents where hate crime motivation is unknown. It should be noted that children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. In 2016, there was information on 420 accused individuals associated with 365 incidents. In 21% of these incidents, more than one accused was identified.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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