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Table 9
Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes, Canada, 2010 to 2018

Table 9
Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes, Canada, 2010 to 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of persons accused of hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), Accused, Sex, Age, Male and Female, calculated using number, percent and median units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation	Accused	Sex^{Table 9 Note 1}		Age^{Table 9 Note 2}
	Accused	Male	Female	Age^{Table 9 Note 2}
	number	percent		median
Race/ethnicity	2,094	84	16	26
Black	809	83	17	24
East or Southeast Asian	182	85	15	28
South Asian	214	86	14	29
Arab or West Asian	306	84	16	35
Indigenous	107	86	14	25
White	120	75	25	23
Other or not specified^{Table 9 Note 3}	356	88	12	23
Religion	874	89	11	32
Jewish	347	92	8	24
Muslim	304	87	13	43
Catholic	66	94	6	22
Other or not specified^{Table 9 Note 4}	157	85	15	25
Sexual Orientation	710	90	10	23
Total^{Table 9 Note 5}	4,073	86	14	26
Note 1 Excludes accused where sex is unknown. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes accused where age is unknown or over 89. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 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 and those where no race or ethnicity was specified. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes motivations based upon religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist) as well as those where no religion was specified. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes motivations based on mental or physical disability, language, sex, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs) as well as incidents where the motivation is unknown. Return to note 5 referrer Note: Information in this table reflects data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police covering up to 96.2% of the Canadian population. For the years 2010 to 2013, the municipal police services of Saint John, Québec, Toronto, and Calgary were excluded from the data. For 2010, the Ontario Provincial Police were also excluded. For 2014 and 2015, the municipal police services of Saint John, Québec, and Calgary were excluded. In 2016, the municipal police service of Calgary was excluded. In 2017, the municipal police service of Saint John was excluded. In 2018, the municipal police service of Calgary was excluded. This table includes 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. Percentages may not add up due to rounding. It should be noted that children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. From 2010 to 2018, there was information on 4,073 accused individuals associated with 3,309 incidents. In 15% of these incidents, more than one accused was identified. Incidents where the motivation was unknown are included in the counts given in this note. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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Date modified:: 2020-02-26