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Report Data - Canada - 2018

22 August 2019

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

By bias motivation By type of crime
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ODIHR Recommendations 

ODIHR observes that Canada has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases and information on the sentencing of hate crime cases.

National Developments 
Description Type 
Developments
Organization Report 

At the Ministry of Public Safety Canada, the Communities at Risk Security Infrastructure Program (SIP) supports projects to help communities with a demonstrated history of hate crime victimization to 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, hate incidents and radicalization, and to develop effective prevention methods.

As part of Canada's Strategy to Address Gender-Based Violence, federal government has funded preventative bullying and cyberbullying initiatives aimed at preventing anti-LGBTI hate crimes.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been implementing federally funded cultural competency training for law enforcement officers that they can apply when managing hate crime cases.

Bias Motivation 
Racism and xenophobia [2]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

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.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against members of other religions or beliefs [3]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

This category captures hate crimes motivated by bias against Catholics, members of other religions (e.g., Baptist, Greek Orthodox, Buddhist) and unknown religions.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against other groups – Sex [4]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

Includes hate crimes motivated by bias against male, female and unknown sex.

Bias Motivation 
Bias against other groups - Sexual orientation or gender identity [5]
Description Type 
Reports
Organization Report 

This category includes 165 hate crimes committed with motivation based on bias against bisexual, heterosexual, gay and lesbian, other and unknown sexual orientation; and five hate crimes committed on grounds of “other sex” (for example transgender or agender).

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Source URL: https://hatecrime.osce.org/report-data/canada/2018?destination=node/730

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[1] https://hatecrime.osce.org/node/730/csv
[2] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/racism-and-xenophobia
[3] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-members-other-religions-or-beliefs
[4] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-other-groups-%E2%80%93-sex
[5] https://hatecrime.osce.org/what-hate-crime/bias-against-other-groups-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity