Table 3 
Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2020 and 2021 

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Police-reported hate crimes, by most serious violation, Canada, 2020 and 2021
2020 – Race or ethnicity2021 – Race or ethnicity2020 – Religion2021 – Religion2020 – Sexual orientation2021 – Sexual orientation2020 – Other motivation12021 – Other motivation12020 – Total2021 – Total
  numbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumbernumber
Total 1,619 1,723 530 884 258 423 200 199 2,646 3,360
Non-violent 846 811 423 707 107 210 101 100 1,496 1,882
Mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group2 41 37 100 177 11 15 3 7 155 242
General mischief3 579 582 271 443 73 138 70 62 997 1,257
Advocating genocide2 4 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 7
Public incitement of hatred2 69 48 19 31 8 9 14 12 118 106
Other non-violent violations4 153 142 32 52 15 48 14 19 221 270
Violent 773 912 107 177 151 213 99 99 1,150 1,478
Total assault 391 466 34 52 68 92 26 28 523 662
Common assault (Level 1)5 259 316 28 34 47 55 20 15 357 438
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (Level 2) and aggravated assault (Level 3)5 132 150 6 18 21 37 6 13 166 224
Uttering threats 209 242 40 74 32 55 37 28 329 427
Criminal harassment 69 103 14 21 19 32 15 14 119 180
Other violent violations6 104 101 19 30 32 34 21 29 179 209
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The table information reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. The total includes incidents where hate motivation was unknown.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Includes mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., 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 or uttering threats, motivated by hate.

Table note 3

General mischief includes all mischief-related violations except for mischief in relation to property used primarily for worship or by an identifiable group, which is captured separately.

Table note 4

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

Table note 5

Includes assaults against public peace officers.

Table note 6

Other violent offences include other crimes against people involving violence or the threat of violence, such as homicide, attempted murder, robbery, indecent or harassing communications, or other assaults, and some traffic offences.
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