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Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by motivation, Canada, 2010 to 2019

Table 6
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by motivation, Canada, 2010 to 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of hate crime victims. The information is grouped by Detailed motivation (appearing as row headers), Victims, Gender, Relationship to accused, Injuries, Age, Male, Female, Stranger, Acquaintance, Family member or intimate partner, No injury or not applicable, Minor physical injury and Major physical injury, calculated using number, percent and median units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Detailed motivation	Victims	Gender^{Table 6 Note 1}		Relationship to accused^{Table 6 Note 2}			Injuries^{Table 6 Note 3}			Age^{Table 6 Note 4}
	Victims	Male	Female	Stranger	Acquaintance^{Table 6 Note 5}	Family member or intimate partner^{Table 6 Note 6}	No injury or not applicable^{Table 6 Note 7}	Minor physical injury	Major physical injury^{Table 6 Note 8}	Age^{Table 6 Note 4}
	number	percent								median
Race/ethnicity	3,218	68	32	65	32	3	70	27	3	31.0
Black	1,143	67	33	57	39	4	72	25	3	30.0
East or Southeast Asian	347	70	30	82	16	2	63	35	2	32.0
South Asian	408	78	22	78	21	2	73	26	2	31.5
Arab or West Asian	579	69	31	63	35	2	71	28	1	33.5
Indigenous	159	55	45	62	34	3	56	35	9	28.0
White	171	61	39	70	28	2	64	28	9	30.5
Other or not specified^{Table 6 Note 9}	411	64	36	62	34	4	75	22	3	34.0
Religion	954	58	42	69	26	5	86	11	3	37.0
Jewish	325	64	36	61	36	2	90	9	1	40.0
Muslim	478	53	47	79	17	4	85	11	3	35.0
Catholic	32	72	28	60	28	12	75	19	6	42.0
Other or not specified^{Table 6 Note 10}	119	55	45	56	32	12	85	12	3	35.0
Sexual orientation	1,173	80	20	57	38	5	59	37	3	27.0
Total^{Table 6 Note 11}	5,822	68	32	63	33	4	71	26	3	31.0
Note 1 Excludes victims where gender is unknown. Given that small counts of victims and accused persons identified as “gender diverse” may exist, the aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) data available to the public has been recoded to assign these counts to either “male” or “female”, in order to ensure the protection of confidentiality and privacy. Victims and accused persons identified as gender diverse have been assigned to either male or female based on the regional distribution of victims’ or accused persons’ gender. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes victims where relationship to accused is unknown. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Excludes victims where injuries are unknown. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Excludes victims where age is unknown or over 89. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes authority figures, friends, business relationships, criminal relationships, casual acquaintances, neighbours, roommates and reverse authority figures. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes spouse, separated/divorced, parent, child, other immediate family, extended family, boyfriend/girlfriend, ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend, step-parent, step-child, or other intimate relationships. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Not applicable refers to incidents which did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes incidents that resulted in death. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 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 9 referrer Note 10 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 10 referrer Note 11 Includes motivations based on mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs) as well as hate crimes where the motivation is unknown. Return to note 11 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 99.7% 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. 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. From 2010 to 2019, information on 5,822 victims was reported in 4,701 violent hate crime incidents. In 16% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim 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.

Date modified:: 2021-03-29