This data indicates the number of criminal incidents recorded by police in 2017.
The Criminal Code's hate crime provisions were amended by including gender identity and gender expression in the list of protected characteristics.
At the Ministry of Public Safety Canada, the Communities at Risk Security Infrastructure Program (SIP) supported projects to help communities with a demonstrated history of being victimized by hate-motivated crime enhance their security infrastructure.
The Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence within the Ministry of Public Safety Canada administers the Ministry's Community Resilience Fund, which has been used to support research into hate speech and hate incidents and radicalization to violence and/or to develop effective prevention methods.
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.
Breakdown by type of crime was not reported for this category. The number presented here can include several incidents in which more than one bias motivation was registered.
Breakdown by type of crime was not reported for this category. The number presented here can include several incidents in which more than one bias motivation was registered.
This category captures hate crime motivated by bias against Catholics. Breakdown by type of crime was not reported for this category. The number presented here can include several incidents in which more than one bias motivation was registered.
This category captures hate crime motivated by bias against members of other religion (e.g. Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist) and unknown religion. Breakdown by type of crime was not reported for this category. The number presented here can include several incidents in which more than one bias motivation was registered.
This category consists of hate crimes committed with homophobic motivation.
This category includes hate crimes based on mental or physical disability, language, sex and other similar factors.
ODIHR observes that Canada has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases and information on sentenced hate crime cases.
B'nai Brith Canada reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.