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Hate crimes numbers stayed steady in 2024 after years of increases: StatCan
Police-reported hate crimes in Canada rose by just 1% to 4,882 incidents in 2024, with race-based incidents up 8% and sexual orientation-related cases down 26%, StatCan said.
- Statistics Canada reported 4,882 police-reported hate crimes in Canada in 2024, a 1% increase from the previous year.
- There was an 8% increase in hate crimes targeting race or ethnicity in 2024, and a 26% drop in cases targeting sexual orientation.
- The Liberal government has introduced a new hate crimes bill that would create new Criminal Code offences and define "hatred" in criminal law for the first time.
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The Toronto Star
Hate crimes numbers stayed steady in 2024 after years of increases: StatCan
The numbers follow a 34 per cent rise between 2022 and 2023, and come after the number of police-reported hate crimes more than doubled since 2018.
Hate crimes numbers stayed steady in 2024 after years of increases
The number of police-reported hate crimes stayed steady in 2024, after sharp increases in prior years, Statistics Canada said Monday. There were 4,882 hate crimes in Canada in 2024, a one per cent increase over the previous year, StatCan reported. The numbers follow a 34 per cent rise between 2022 and 2023, and come after the number of police-reported hate crimes more than doubled since 2018. "The relative stability in the total number of police…
The number of hate crimes reported by the police remained stable in 2024, after a sharp increase in previous years, according to Statistics Canada.
According to Statistics Canada's report, which analyses the evolution of hate crimes reported by police in the country until 2024, Manitoba had a rate of 5.3 cases per 100,000 population. Of the provinces, only Newfoundland and Labrador had the same result. Ontario (16.0 cases per 100,000 population) and British Columbia (approximately 13.5) had the highest rates in 2024. The total number of hate crimes reported in Manitoba even declined signifi…
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