More hate crimes in Canada against Jews than any other religious, ethnic or racial group

In 2016, there were more anti-Jewish hate crimes than even anti-Black hate crimes in Canada, which is almost certainly unprecedented.

Anti-Jewish crimes always are the most prominent compared to crimes against other religious groups (anti-Muslim crimes actually went down while anti-Jewish crimes went up.)

But to have antisemitic hate crimes outpace even racist crimes is extremey worrisome.

There are some 380,000 Jews in Canada and nearly  twice that many Blacks. There are over a million Muslims, meaning that Jews are about six times as likely to be victims of hate crimes than Muslims.

Here's the full table:

	Number – 2014	Number – 2015	Number – 2016
Detailed motivation
Race/ethnicity	611	641	666
Black	238	224	214
East or Southeast Asian	52	49	61
South Asian	49	48	72
Arab or West Asian	69	92	112
Aboriginal	37	35	30
White	49	38	36
Other1	106	130	125
Race not specified	11	25	16
Religion	429	469	460
Jewish	213	178	221
Muslim	99	159	139
Catholic	35	55	27
Other2	49	41	37
Religion not specified	33	36	36
Sexual orientation	155	141	176
Other3	77	86	88
Unknown	23	25	19
Total	1,295	1,362	1,409

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not applicable

Note(s):

Information in this table reflects data reported by police services covering 99.7% of the population of Canada. Percentages have been calculated excluding hate crimes where the motivation was unknown. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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