Police-reported hate crimes up 42 per cent in 2009
Posted June 7, 2011 12:15 pm.
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Hate crimes increased by 42 per cent in 2009, Statistics Canada has reported.
Over 54 per cent of police-reported hate crimes were motivated by either race, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
Hate crimes motivated by religion saw the largest increase that year with a rise of 55 per cent.
Racially-motivated hate crimes rose 35 per cent and those stemming from sexual orientation rose 18 per cent.
