Table 3 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2015 and 2016 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2015 and 2016
Number 2015 – Race or ethnicityNumber 2016 – Race or ethnicityNumber 2015 – ReligionNumber 2016 – ReligionNumber 2015 – Sexual orientationNumber 2016 – Sexual orientationNumber 2015 – Other1Number 2016 – Other1Number 2015 – TotalNumber 2016 – Total
Most serious violation                    
Non-violent 327 329 339 323 55 49 46 31 785 740
Mischief in relation to religious property2 1 0 58 61 0 0 0 0 59 61
Other mischief 253 257 228 217 41 36 26 16 561 528
Public incitement of hatred and advocating genocide2 19 36 19 14 5 5 7 9 53 68
Other non-violent offences3 54 36 34 31 9 8 13 6 112 83
Violent 265 270 110 120 78 120 27 44 487 563
Total assault 126 132 27 30 45 66 7 16 206 245
Common assault (Level 1) 84 101 17 20 29 46 6 10 137 178
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) or aggravated assault (Level 3) 42 31 10 10 16 20 1 6 69 67
Uttering threats  75 71 53 43 14 25 9 17 155 163
Criminal harassment 32 26 14 29 11 17 4 5 62 78
Other violent offences4 32 41 16 18 8 12 7 6 64 77
Total  592 599 449 443 133 169 73 75 1,272 1,303
Note(s):
Information in this table reflects data from municipal and provincial police services as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police covering 94% of the Canadian population. As such, this table excludes a small number of police services that did not report to the Uniform Crime Reporting 2.2 Survey for both 2015 and 2016, among which are the municipal police services for Calgary, Québec and Saint John. However, it does include any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to Uniform Crime Reporting 2.2 Survey, 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.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Table note 1

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

Table note 2

These offences are by definition hate crimes. The other listed offences are general Criminal Code offences, such as assault, uttering threats and so on, motivated by hate.

Table note 3

Other non-violent offences include crimes against property or other non-violent criminal violations (for example, breaking and entering, and disturbing the peace).

Table note 4

Other violent offences include other crimes against persons involving violence or threat of violence such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, harassing telephone calls or other assaults.
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