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Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2018 and 2019

Table 2
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2018 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported hate crimes. The information is grouped by Most serious violation (appearing as row headers), Race or ethnicity, Religion, Sexual orientation, Other motivation, Total, 2018 and 2019, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Most serious violation	Race or ethnicity		Religion		Sexual orientation		Other motivation^{Table 2 Note 1}		Total
	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019	2018	2019
	number
Non-violent	370	417	494	442	71	123	68	69	1,019	1,085
Mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group^{Table 2 Note 2}	5	14	100	82	1	3	0	4	106	107
General mischief^{Table 2 Note 3}	280	310	318	287	53	104	54	47	715	763
Advocating genocide^{Table 2 Note 2}	4	5	2	5	0	0	2	1	8	12
Public incitement of hatred^{Table 2 Note 2}	26	31	36	39	5	2	5	7	77	89
Other non-violent violations^{Table 2 Note 4}	55	57	38	29	12	14	7	10	113	114
Violent	423	459	163	166	115	140	91	83	798	861
Total assault	215	254	42	55	57	63	37	26	351	401
Common assault (Level 1)^{Table 2 Note 5}	145	184	30	44	40	47	22	17	237	295
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) and aggravated assault (Level 3)^{Table 2 Note 5}	70	70	12	11	17	16	15	9	114	106
Uttering threats	130	125	68	74	32	49	24	33	260	290
Criminal harassment	34	35	19	14	8	11	12	8	73	68
Other violent violations^{Table 2 Note 6}	44	45	34	23	18	17	18	16	114	102
Total	793	876	657	608	186	263	159	152	1,817	1,946
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero Note 1 Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 These offences are by definition hate crimes. The other listed offences are general Criminal Code offences, such as assault, uttering threats, etc., motivated by hate. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 General mischief includes all mischief-related violations except for mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group, which is captured separately. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Other non-violent offences include crimes against property (e.g., breaking and entering) or other non-violent criminal violations (e.g., disturbing the peace). Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes assaults against public peace officers. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Other violent offences include other crimes against persons involving violence or threat of violence such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, harassing telephone calls or other assaults, and some traffic offences. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. Total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2021-03-29