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Report Data - Canada - 2010

23 November 2010

Official Data

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced About these data
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 1798 - -
2017 2073 Not available Not available
2016 1409 Not available Not available
2015 1362 Not available Not available

Hate crimes recorded by police

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NGO reports 
Organization Report 

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.

Organization Name 
League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada [2]
Bias Motivation 
Anti-Semitism [3]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

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.

Organization Name 
Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) [4]
Bias Motivation 
Bias against Muslims [5]
Description Type 
Reports
IGO Reports 
Organization Name 
OIC [6]
Organization Report 

The Organization of the Islamic Conference Observatory (OIC Observatory) reported one arson attack on a mosque and one case in which a pig’s head was left outside a mosque.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against Muslims [5]
Description Type 
Reports
National Developments 
Description Type 
Developments
Organization Report 

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.

Bias Motivation 
Racism and xenophobia [7]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 705 hate crimes motivated by bias against race or ethnicity and 5 motivated by bias against language.

Bias Motivation 
Anti-Semitism [3]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 204 anti-Jewish hate crimes.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against Muslims [5]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 52 anti-Muslim hate crimes.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against Christians and members of other religions [8]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 139 anti-religion hate crimes, not including incidents motivated by an anti-Jewish or anti-Muslim bias.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity [9]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 218 hate crimes motivated by bias against sexual orientation.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against other groups – People with disabilities [10]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Official figures record 8 hate crimes motivated by a bias against disability,  seven crimes motivated by bias against sex and 61 crimes motivated by bias against other groups including occupation or political beliefs.

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[1] https://hatecrime.osce.org/node/189/csv
[2] https://hatecrime.osce.org/ngo/league-human-rights-b%E2%80%99nai-brith-canada
[3] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/anti-semitism
[4] https://hatecrime.osce.org/ngo/canadian-council-american-islamic-relations-cair-can
[5] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-muslims
[6] https://hatecrime.osce.org/igo/oic
[7] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/racism-and-xenophobia
[8] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-christians-and-members-other-religions
[9] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-other-groups-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity
[10] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-other-groups-%E2%80%93-people-disabilities