Table 2 
Police-reported hate crimes by motivation and region, 2016 

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Police-reported hate crimes by motivation and region, 2016
Atlantic – 2016Quebec – 2016Ontario – 2016Manitoba – 2016Saskatchewan – 2016Alberta – 2016British Columbia – 2016Territories – 2016Canada – 2016
Motivation                  
Race/ethnicity total 23 118 273 17 16 92 118 9 666
Black 7 28 106 6 4 32 25 6 214
East or Southeast Asian 1 2 16 2 2 6 32 0 61
South Asian 0 4 35 0 3 6 24 0 72
Arab or West Asian 10 41 33 1 1 15 11 0 112
Aboriginal 3 1 8 2 3 8 4 1 30
White 0 11 13 1 0 4 5 2 36
Other1 2 27 55 3 1 21 16 0 125
Race not specified 0 4 7 2 2 0 1 0 16
Religion total 9 116 242 13 6 25 47 2 460
Jewish 5 35 148 9 2 8 14 0 221
Muslim 2 41 60 1 2 13 20 0 139
Catholic 0 10 10 1 0 2 4 0 27
Other2 2 4 18 2 0 2 7 2 37
Religion not specified 0 26 6 0 2 0 2 0 36
Sexual orientation 10 27 76 4 4 19 36 0 176
Other3 2 51 19 2 3 1 10 0 88
Unknown 0 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 19
Total 44 327 612 36 29 139 211 11 1,409
Note(s):
Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Table note 1

Includes motivations based upon race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (for example, Latin American, South American) as well as hate crimes which target more than one race or ethnic group.

Table note 2

Includes motivations based upon religions not otherwise stated (for example, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).

Table note 3

Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex and other similar factors (for example, occupation or political beliefs).
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