Canada | HCRW

Canada regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR and regularly publishes hate crime statistics. Canada conducts regular victimization surveys to measure unreported hate crime.

In 2019, the Government of Canada released Building a Foundation for Change: Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy 2019-2022, which laid the groundwork for demonstrating federal leadership and empowering communities. Building on the lessons and accomplishments from the first Strategy, Changing Systems, Transforming Lives: Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy 2024-2028 is developed based on robust evidence and input from people and communities with lived experience of racism. It aims to tackle systemic racism. Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate is available online.

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Download the 2010 hate crime report for Canada

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2023	4,777	Not available	Not available
2022	3,576	47	15
2021	3,360	Not available	Not available
2020	2,669	Not available	Not available
2019	Not available	Not available	Not available
2018	1,798	-	-
2017	2073	Not available	Not available
2016	1409	Not available	Not available
2015	1362	Not available	Not available
2014	1295	Not available	Not available
2013	1140	Not available	Not available
2012	1414	Not available	Not available
2011	1322	Not available	Not available
2010	1401	Not available	Not available
2009	1473	Not available	Not available

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National developments

The Alberta Hate Crimes Committee, a multi-sector collaboration bringing together law-enforcement, government, non-profit, community and university stakeholders to strategically address bias-motivated crimes and incidents in Alberta, conducted a number of activities, including training for law-enforcement personnel and organizing a hate crime awareness-raising day.

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada reported 24 cases of violence and 317 cases of vandalism, of which 32 targeted synagogues. The Stephen Roth Institute reported 99 hate incidents.

Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) reported one attack using golf clubs in which people were attacked and cars damaged at an Islamic centre. It also reported two physical assaults, one case of damage to property, three cases of graffiti on property, one case of damage to a mosque, one arson attack on a mosque and two threats of arson.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.