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Police-reported hate crime by type of motivation and crime category, 2006 
  Violent crime Property crime Other crime Total
Type of motivation number % number % number % number %
Race/ethnicity                
Black 90 37.8 122 51.3 26 10.9 238 100.0
South Asian 25 37.9 36 54.5 5 7.6 66 100.0
Arab/West Asian 30 49.2 24 39.3 7 11.5 61 100.0
East/Southeast Asian 12 48.0 9 36.0 4 16.0 25 100.0
Caucasian 11 45.8 11 45.8 2 8.3 24 100.0
Aboriginal 8 50.0 6 37.5 2 12.5 16 100.0
Multiple races/ethnicities 6 16.2 29 78.4 2 5.4 37 100.0
Other 10 34.5 14 48.3 5 17.2 29 100.0
Unknown 1 16.7 5 83.3 0 0.0 6 100.0
Total 193 38.4 256 51.0 53 10.6 502 100.0
Religion                
Jewish 32 23.4 96 70.1 9 6.6 137 100.0
Muslim (Islam) 19 41.3 19 41.3 8 17.4 46 100.0
Catholic 1 7.7 7 53.8 5 38.5 13 100.0
Other 6 30.0 11 55.0 3 15.0 20 100.0
Unknown 0 0.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 4 100.0
Total 58 26.4 137 62.3 25 11.4 220 100.0
Sexual orientation 45 56.3 29 36.3 6 7.5 80 100.0
Other1 5 56.3 11 36.3 6 7.5 22 100.0
Unknown 26 38.2 27 39.7 15 22.1 68 100.0
Total 327 36.7 460 51.6 105 11.8 892 100.0
1."Other " includes motivations not otherwise stated above, such as language, disability, gender, profession or political beliefs.
Note:Includes data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, covering 87% of the Canadian population.