Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014 to 2018


Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2014 to 2018
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, 2016, 2017 and 2018, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Race/ethnicity 611 48 641 48 666 48 878 43 780 44
Black 238 19 224 17 214 15 321 16 283 16
East or Southeast Asian 52 4 49 4 61 4 61 3 56 3
South Asian 49 4 48 4 72 5 67 3 75 4
Arab or West Asian 69 5 92 7 112 8 142 7 111 6
Indigenous 37 3 35 3 30 2 31 2 35 2
White 49 4 38 3 36 3 46 2 37 2
Other race or ethnicityTable 1 Note 1 106 8 130 10 125 9 169 8 159 9
Race/ethnicity not specified 11 1 25 2 16 1 41 2 24 1
Religion 429 34 469 35 460 33 842 41 639 36
Jewish 213 17 178 13 221 16 360 18 347 20
Muslim 99 8 159 12 139 10 349 17 173 10
Catholic 35 3 55 4 27 2 39 2 35 2
Other religionTable 1 Note 2 49 4 41 3 37 3 57 3 46 3
Religion not specified 33 3 36 3 36 3 37 2 38 2
Sexual Orientation 155 12 141 11 176 13 204 10 173 10
Other motivationTable 1 Note 3 77 6 86 6 88 6 117 6 171 10
Motivation unknown 23 Note ...: not applicable 25 Note ...: not applicable 19 Note ...: not applicable 32 Note ...: not applicable 35 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,295 100 1,362 100 1,409 100 2,073 100 1,798 100
... 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 99.95% 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 and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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