Fewer hate crimes reported against Natives in Canada

Thursday, April 12, 2012  

Race-related hate crimes are dropping across Canada, according to a new report.

In 2010, only 17 hate crimes against Aboriginals were reported to police, according to Statistics Canada. That's a drop from the 26 hate crimes that were reported to police in 2009.

Overall, 1,401 race-related hate crimes were reported to police in 2010. The most common victims were Black, according to the data.

A total of 395 hate crimes based on religion were reported in 2010. The most common victims were people of the Jewish faith, according to the report.

Get the Story:
Hate crimes based on race, religion drop in 2010 (CBC 4/12)

Get the Report:
Police-reported hate crimes, 2010 (Statistics Canada April 2012)