June 13, 2017

 

Hate crimes reported in Canada rose slightly in 2015, driven mainly by incidents targeting Muslims, Arabs and West Asians, say official figures.

Police reported 1,362 criminal incidents across Canada motivated by hate, a 5% increase from the previous year.

The findings were published on Tuesday by Statistics Canada.

The annual report by the federal statistics agency was compiled using police data from across the country.

Nearly half of all incidents were linked to race or ethnicity, with black Canadians the most common target.

Just over a third of reported hate crimes were motivated by hatred of a religion.

Canada’s Jewish population remained the most targeted religious group, accounting for 13% of all incidents, despite a decline in the overall number of reported crimes.

Shimon Koffler Fogel, with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, called the data “disturbing and clear”.

 

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