Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2024

Release date: March 30, 2026
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Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2024
Description: Infographic: Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2024

1) The number of police-reported hate crimes posted a slight increase of 1% in 2024. This followed some sharp increases in previous years. Overall, the number of crimes has increased six years in a row, more than doubling (+169%) since 2018.

Police-reported hate crimes Table summary
The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Year Number
2013 1,167
2014 1,295
2015 1,362
2016 1,409
2017 2,073
2018 1,817
2019 1,951
2020 2,646
2021 3,355
2022 3,612
2023 4,828
2024 4,882

2) Police-reported hate crimes motivated by race or ethnicity increased 8% in 2024, rising for the sixth year in a row.

Table 2 Table summary
The information is grouped by Race or ethnicity (appearing as row headers), 2023, 2024 and Percentage change, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Race or ethnicity 2023 2024 Percentage change
number
Note 1

Motivations based on race or ethnicity not otherwise stated and those that target more than one group.

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Black 821 873 +6%
East and Southeast Asian 195 185 -5%
South Asian 279 321 +15%
Arab and West Asian 268 310 +16%
Indigenous 72 59 -18%
White 84 83 -1%
Other Table 2 Note 1 364 446 +23%
Not specified 115 100 -13%
Total 2,198 2,377 +8%

3) Hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation declined 26% in 2024, following three consecutive increases.

Table 3 Table summary
The information is grouped by Motivation (appearing as row headers), 2023, 2024 and Percentage change, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Motivation 2023 2024 Percentage change
number
Note 1

Includes mental or physical disabilities, language, age and other similar factors.

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Sexual orientation 889 658 -26%
Sex or gender 129 139 +8%
Other Table 3 Note 1 122 184 +51%

4) Hate crimes motivated by religion were essentially stable in 2024, following two sharp increases in three years.

Table 4 Table summary
The information is grouped by Religion (appearing as row headers), 2023, 2024, Percentage change and number, calculated using units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Religion 2023 2024 Percentage change
number
Note 1

Motivations based on religions not otherwise stated.

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Jewish 959 920 -4%
Muslim 220 229 +4%
Catholic 49 61 +24%
Other Table 4 Note 1 85 105 +24%
Not specified 32 27 -16%
Total 1,345 1,342 0%

5) In 2024, the number of hate crimes decreased in 6 provinces and in Nunavut.

Table 5 Table summary
The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Number of hate crimes, 2024 Change in number of hate crimes, 2023 to 2024
Canada 4,882 +54
Newfoundland and Labrador 29 +10
Prince Edward Island 18 -3
Nova Scotia 164 -30
New Brunswick 65 -5
Quebec 723 -6
Ontario 2,575 +76
Manitoba 79 -33
Saskatchewan 107 -5
Alberta 398 +28
British Columbia 692 +18
Yukon 6 0
Northwest Territories 11 +7
Nunavut 4 -3

6) The majority of police-reported hate crimes remained non-violent in 2024. Non-violent hate crimes rose 3%, while violent hate crimes were down 1%.

Table 6 Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of crime (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Type of crime Percentage
Non-violent offences 55%
All mischief 44%
Other non-violent offences 11%
Violent offences 45%
Common assault (level 1) 16%
Uttering threats 12%
Other violent offences 17%

Notes: Hate crime counts include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The information in this infographic reflects data reported by police services covering over 99% of Canada’s population. Under the authority of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM), the Canadian Forces Military Police Group began reporting incidents to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Data from the Office of the CFPM are aggregated at the national level to account for small counts and to protect confidentiality. Therefore, provincial and territorial totals will not equal national totals.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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