This category captures hate crimes motivated by bias on the following grounds: Aboriginal, Arab / West Asian, Black, East and Southeast Asian, South Asian, White, Multiple Races / Ethnicities, Other race / ethnicity and unknown race / ethnicity, and bias against language.
This category captures hate crime motivated by bias on the following grounds: Catholic, Other religion (examples include: Baptist, Buddhist, Greek orthodox, etc.), and unknown religion.
All hate crimes recorded in this category were committed with homophobic motivation.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) reported a case of vandalism targeting Muslims and Syrian refugees. B'nai Brith reported a further case of vandalism, in which a swastika was drawn on a bridge.
The Kantor Center reported 32 incidents of physical violence.
B'nai Brith and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported one incident in which cars were spray-painted with swastikas and threatening messages, and had envelopes containing bullets placed on the windshields. B'nai Brith reported two physical assaults, including one in which a Jewish volunteer was attacked by a group and one that targeted a Hasidic man; one incident of threats involving a firearm; and two incidents of vandalism in which mezuzahs, Jewish symbols on private homes, were damaged.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) reported 12 physical assaults, all of which targeted Muslim women wearing headscarves; five threats; five incidents of damage to property; and 13 incidents of vandalism, ten of which involved graffiti. The Organization Racism Islamophobia Watch (ORIW) and the NCCM also reported an arson attack on a mosque.
The Holy See reported two incidents of theft that also involved the desecration of liturgical objects and communion bread; five incidents of vandalism, three of which involved graffiti on church buildings; one incident of damage to church property; and one incident of the desecration of graves.The Canadian authorities reported that they were not able to verify these incidents due to personal data protection regulations.
ODIHR observes that Canada has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases and information on sentenced hate crime cases.