Last week, the Canadian government released data on Police Reported Crime Statistics in Canada for 2025, including data on hate crimes. The report says in part:
The number of police-reported hate crimes decreased 3%, from 4,841 incidents in 2024 to 4,708 incidents in 2025. Prior to 2025, the number of hate crimes had more than doubled (+166%) from 2018 to 2024. Expressed as a rate, police-reported hate crimes declined 4% in 2025 to 11 incidents per 100,000 yet were more than twice as high as in 2018 (5 incidents).
The decline in the number of incidents in 2025 was in large part the result of fewer hate crimes targeting religion (-18% to 1,115 incidents) and those targeting sexual orientation (-19% to 534 incidents)....
More detailed data on religion-motivate hate crimes shows that anti-Jewish hate crimes decreased 16% from 2025; anti-Muslim hate crimes decreased 11%; and anti-Catholic hate crimes decreased 39% from the prior year.
A report by JNS analyzes the Canadian data with a focus on anti-Jewish hate crimes. It points out that 70.7% of the 2025 hate crimes targeting a religious group and 16.7% of all 2025 hate crimes were aimed at Jews who constitute 1% of Canada's total population.
