Hate Crimes

This dataset includes all verified Hate Crime occurrences investigated by the Hate Crime Unit by reported date since 2018. The Hate Crime categories (bias categories) include Age, Mental or Physical Disability, Race, Ethnicity, Language, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Gender and Other Similar Factor. This data is provided at the offence and/or occurrence level, therefore one occurrence may have multi-bias categories associated to the victim used to categorize the hate crime. Definitions Hate Crime A hate crime is a criminal offence committed against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by bias, prejudice or hate based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other similar factor. Hate Incident A hate incident is a non-criminal action or behaviour that is motivated by hate against an identifiable group. Examples of hate incidents include using racial slurs, or insulting a person because of their ethnic or religious dress or how they identify.

Publisher

City of Toronto

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Catalogue metadata updated

2026-07-20