Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2013 to 2017


Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2013 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Race/ethnicity 585 51 611 48 641 48 666 48 878 43
Black 255 22 238 19 224 17 214 15 321 16
East or Southeast Asian 61 5 52 4 49 4 61 4 61 3
South Asian 52 4 49 4 48 4 72 5 67 3
Arab or West Asian 48 4 69 5 92 7 112 8 142 7
Aboriginal 32 3 37 3 35 3 30 2 31 2
White 29 3 49 4 38 3 36 3 46 2
Other race or ethnicityTable 1 Note 1 93 8 106 8 130 10 125 9 169 8
Race/ethnicity not specified 15 1 11 1 25 2 16 1 41 2
Religion 326 28 429 34 469 35 460 33 842 41
Jewish 181 16 213 17 178 13 221 16 360 18
Muslim 65 6 99 8 159 12 139 10 349 17
Catholic 29 3 35 3 55 4 27 2 39 2
Other religionTable 1 Note 2 41 4 49 4 41 3 37 3 57 3
Religion not specified 10 1 33 3 36 3 36 3 37 2
Sexual orientation 186 16 155 12 141 11 176 13 204 10
Other motivationTable 1 Note 3 60 5 77 6 86 6 88 6 117 6
Motivation unknown 10 Note ...: not applicable 23 Note ...: not applicable 25 Note ...: not applicable 19 Note ...: not applicable 32 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,167 100 1,295 100 1,362 100 1,409 100 2,073 100
... 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, age, 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 99.6% 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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