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OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 4,777 Not available Not available
2022 3,576 47 15
2021 3,360 Not available Not available
2020 2,669 Not available Not available
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 1,798 - -
2017 2073 Not available Not available
2016 1409 Not available Not available
2015 1362 Not available Not available
2014 1295 Not available Not available
2013 1140 Not available Not available
2012 1414 Not available Not available
2011 1322 Not available Not available
2010 1401 Not available Not available
2009 1473 Not available Not available

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

In December 2011 two men were charged for hate crime offences, dating back to 2008. The crimes included setting a sleeping Filipino man on fire in Vancouver in October 2009, seriously physically assaulting a black man, and three counts of assault against an aboriginal woman in 2010. 

The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism published its final report, which recommended introducing national standards relating to hate crime for police services across the country and to report and analyse data, including a breakdown of crimes by bias motivation, as part of the annual Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

In connection with the above, the Canadian Government signed the Ottawa Protocol on Combating Antisemitism, which calls for leaders of faith groups to combat hatred and discrimination, including anti-Semitism; for governments to reaffirm and implement the United Nations 1948 Genocide Convention; for the establishment of an international task force to identify and monitor hate on the Internet; and for the development of a comprehensive system to record all hate crimes.

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The League for Human Rights of B’Nai B’rith Canada reported 363 cases of vandalism, including many cases of graffiti on and property damage against synagogues, cemeteries, homes, schools and community centres; 19 cases of violence, including one against a girl at school; two attacks by a group; and five threats.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Council on American-Islamic Relations - Canada (CAIR-CAN) reported one physical assault against a woman wearing a niqab; two incidents of graffiti, both on mosques; one theft from a mosque; and one arson attack against a sign marking the location of the future South Nepean Muslim Community Centre.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.