Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2015 to 2019


Table 1
Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2015 to 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Race/ethnicity 641 48 666 48 878 43 793 44 876 46
Black 224 17 214 15 321 16 295 16 335 18
East or Southeast Asian 49 4 61 4 61 3 60 3 68 4
South Asian 48 4 72 5 67 3 84 5 80 4
Arab or West Asian 92 7 112 8 142 7 93 5 128 7
Indigenous 35 3 30 2 31 2 39 2 30 2
White 38 3 36 3 46 2 42 2 49 3
Other race or ethnicityTable 1 Note 1 130 10 125 9 169 8 163 9 150 8
Race/ethnicity not specified 25 2 16 1 41 2 17 1 36 2
Religion 469 35 460 33 842 41 657 37 608 32
Jewish 178 13 221 16 360 18 372 21 296 16
Muslim 159 12 139 10 349 17 166 9 181 10
Catholic 55 4 27 2 39 2 44 2 52 3
Other religionTable 1 Note 2 41 3 37 3 57 3 52 3 60 3
Religion not specified 36 3 36 3 37 2 23 1 19 1
Sexual orientation 141 11 176 13 204 10 186 10 263 14
Other motivationTable 1 Note 3 86 6 88 6 117 6 159 9 152 8
Motivation unknown 25 Note ...: not applicable 19 Note ...: not applicable 32 Note ...: not applicable 22 Note ...: not applicable 47 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,362 100 1,409 100 2,073 100 1,817 100 1,946 100
... 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 or gender, 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 99.7% 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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