Table 6 
Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2018 to 2021 

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Characteristics of hate crime victims, by detailed motivation, Canada, 2018 to 2021
VictimsMale – Gender1Female – Gender1Stranger – Relationship to accused2Acquaintance5 – Relationship to accused2Family member or intimate partner6 – Relationship to accused2No injury or not applicable7 – Injuries3Minor physical injury – Injuries3Major physical injury8 – Injuries3 – Age4
number %%%%%%%% median
Total9 4,255 62 38 63 33 4 76 21 3 32.0
Race or ethnicity 2,661 63 37 67 31 3 75 23 2 33.0
Black 967 60 40 59 38 3 74 23 3 33.0
East or Southeast Asian 445 54 46 80 18 2 75 24 0 34.0
South Asian 347 74 26 79 20 1 76 22 2 31.0
Arab or West Asian 418 71 29 62 35 3 77 21 2 32.0
Indigenous 89 57 43 47 43 10 67 22 10 31.0
White 124 66 34 72 25 3 65 27 8 34.5
Other or not specified10 271 62 38 66 31 4 79 19 2 35.0
Religion 523 55 45 66 28 6 86 12 2 36.0
Jewish 179 63 37 59 37 4 92 6 2 43.0
Muslim 256 47 53 74 21 5 84 15 1 33.0
Catholic 26 73 27 38 54 8 85 8 8 42.5
Other or not specified11 62 58 42 63 23 15 74 19 6 30.5
Sexual orientation 620 72 28 48 43 8 70 26 4 27.0
Note(s):
Hate crime counts from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey include both confirmed and suspected hate crime incidents. The table information reflects data from municipal and provincial police services, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, covering up to 99.7% of the Canadian population. This table includes any counts that occurred within the jurisdiction of police services not reporting to UCR2.2, 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. Percentages may not add up because of rounding. From 2018 to 2021, information on 4,255 victims was reported in 3,478 violent hate crime incidents. In 15% of hate crime incidents involving victims, more than one victim was identified. Incidents where the motivation was unknown are included in the counts given in this note.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

The option for police to code victims as "gender diverse" in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey was implemented in 2018. In the context of the UCR Survey, the term "gender diverse" refers to a person who publicly expresses themselves as neither exclusively male nor exclusively female. Given that small counts of victims identified as being gender diverse may exist, the UCR data available to the public have been recoded with these victims distributed in the "men" or "women" categories based on the regional distribution of victims' gender. This recoding ensures the protection of the confidentiality and privacy of victims.

Table note 2

Excludes victims where the relationship to the accused is unknown.

Table note 3

Excludes victims where injuries are unknown.

Table note 4

Excludes victims whose age is unknown or who are older than 110 years.

Table note 5

Includes authority figures, friends, business relationships, criminal relationships, casual acquaintances, neighbours, roommates and reverse authority figures.

Table note 6

Includes spouse, separated or divorced partner, parent, child, other immediate family, extended family, boyfriend or girlfriend, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, step-parent, step-child, or other intimate relationships.

Table note 7

The term "not applicable" refers to incidents that did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force.

Table note 8

Includes incidents that resulted in death.

Table note 9

Includes motivations based on mental or physical disability, language, sex or gender, age, and other similar factors (e.g., occupation or political beliefs), as well as hate crimes where the motivation is unknown.

Table note 10

Includes motivations based on race or ethnicity not otherwise stated (e.g., Latin American, South American), as well as hate crimes that target more than one race or ethnic group and those where no race or ethnicity was specified.

Table note 11

Includes motivations based on religions not otherwise stated (e.g., Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist), as well as those where no religion was specified.
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