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STATISTICS: INTERNET


Hate Crimes in Canada (Canada)


  • The majority of hate crimes recorded by police across Canada were directed against racial minorities.

  • Sixty-one per cent of all hate crime incidents are directed against racial minorities.

  • Twenty-three per cent were against religious minorities.

  • Eleven per cent were against gays or lesbians.

  • Five per cent were against ethnic minorities.
 

Source: Department of Justice Canada, Research, Statistics and Evaluation Directorate, "Disproportionate Harm:  Hate Crime in Canada" - 1995


 
Hate Crimes in Canada (1995) - Statistics  

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