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Data table for chart 4

Religiously-motivated hate crimes reported by police, by type of religion, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Religion 2006 2007r 2008
number of hate crimes
Jewish 137 116 165
Catholic 13 15 30
Muslim (Islam) 46 29 26
Other1 20 9 36
1. Includes other motivations based upon religions not otherwise stated (e.g. Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist).
Note: Data are based upon information reported by police services covering 88% of the population of Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.