Data on prosecuted and sentenced cases will be available in November 2024.
In March 2023, the Human Rights Commissioner for British Columbia published a report following an inquiry into hate incidents that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The inquiry aimed to understand the historical antecedents for hate and discrimination and respond to present and future issues related to hate during the pandemic.
In 2024, the CCJCSS started a training series for front-line officers, analysts, records staff and supervisors from police services in Canada on how to report criminal hate crime incidents to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. The training is scheduled to continue throughout the year.
Building on the lessons and accomplishments from the first strategy, 'Changing Systems, Transforming Lives: Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy 2024-2028' was developed based on robust evidence and input from people and communities with lived experience of racism. It aims to tackle systemic racism and make Canada's communities more inclusive and prosperous.
This category includes hate crimes motivated by bias on the following grounds: Indigenous, Arab and West Asian (West Asian, Middle Eastern and North African), Black, White, East and Southeast Asian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Japanese, other East and Southeast Asian, South Asian, Indian, Pakistani, other South Asian, Latin American, Roma or Sinti, Polynesian or Pacific Islander, multiple races or ethnicities, other race or ethnicity, unknown race or ethnicity; bias against Language, including English, French, other language, and unknown language; and bias against immigrants / newcomers to Canada.
This category includes hate crimes targeting Catholic, Christian Orthodox, Mennonite or Amish, Seventh Day Adventist – Jehovah's Witness, and other Christian religions.
This category captures hate crimes motivated by bias against members of the following religions: Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Traditional Indigenous Spirituality, other religion, and unknown religion.
Includes hate crimes motivated by bias against male, female and unknown sex or gender.
This category includes 860 hate crimes committed with motivation based on bias against sexual orientation (including homosexual, bisexual, heterosexual, lesbian, gay, 2SLGBTQI+, asexual, pansexual, other and unknown sexual orientation); and 58 hate crimes motivated by bias on the grounds of gender identity (including transgender man, transgender woman, transgender target not specified, gender diverse, non-binary, and other sex or gender, including intersex, agender, and unknown sex or gender).
This category includes hate crimes motivated by bias on the grounds of disability (including mental, physical, mental and physical, other disability, and unknown disability).
ODIHR recognizes Canada's efforts to report hate crime data and information to ODIHR. ODIHR observes that Canada would benefit from ensuring that hate crimes are addressed in a comprehensive manner, including by introducing a co-ordination mechanism.
ODIHR recalls that in Ministerial Council Decision 9/09, OSCE participating States committed to collecting reliable data and statistics in sufficient detail on hate crimes, and to reporting these periodically to ODIHR. Furthermore, in Ministerial Council Decisions 9/09 and 13/06, participating States committed to ensuring a comprehensive approach to hate crimes. To that end, the relevant authorities are required to collaborate and co-ordinate with civil society. ODIHR stands ready to support Canada in meeting the relevant commitments through the provision of its comprehensive resources and tailored assistance in the area of hate crime recording and data collection, as well as through further resources and assistance on developing a comprehensive hate crime responses.
🛈 Please note that the data in the charts above are based on voluntary civil society submissions and as such might not be representative of the actual number of incidents affecting individual communities.
🛈 Please note that the total number of incidents may be lower than the sum of incidents presented in the breakdown chart above, as some incidents involve multiple bias motivations.
🛈 ODIHR no longer presents descriptions of property attacks in the incident tables below. Data on property attacks are presented in the breakdown charts above. One property attack may target multiple properties or involve multiple types of attack.