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Toronto Police Service · 2016–2025

Hate crimes in Toronto

Verified hate crimes recorded by Toronto Police, grouped by the year reported. Explore the citywide trend and the groups targeted.

The citywide picture

All verified hate crimes · reported in 2025
236
incidents
↑ 34.1%since 2016

From 176 in 2016 to 236 in 2025.

By year reported

2016–2025
  1. 2016: 176.
  2. 2017: 186.
  3. 2018: 137.
  4. 2019: 138.
  5. 2020: 210.
  6. 2021: 257.
  7. 2022: 248.
  8. 2023: 372.
  9. 2024: 443.
  10. 2025: 236.
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Years are when crimes were reported, not necessarily when they occurred. 2016–2017 are published citywide totals. From 2018, totals match the occurrence file used for group detail.

All verified hate crimes · incident counts · 2016–2025
YearAll verified hate crimes
2016176
2017186
2018137
2019138
2020210
2021257
2022248
2023372
2024443
2025236

What’s counted: confirmed hate crimes. Non-criminal hate incidents are excluded.

Bias groups · reported 2018–2025

A closer look by group

Incident counts

Choose a category to see each group’s trend. A crime can involve more than one group, so these counts do not add up to the citywide total.

Religion 9 groups

4 increased2 decreased3 unchanged2018 → 2025

Largest groups over the full period appear first. Each chart has its own scale; compare the labelled values across groups.

Jewish

96incidents in 2025
↑ 57.4%from 61 in 2018
  1. 2018: 61.
  2. 2019: 51.
  3. 2020: 78.
  4. 2021: 72.
  5. 2022: 85.
  6. 2023: 147.
  7. 2024: 176.
  8. 2025: 96.

Muslim

17incidents in 2025
↓ 26.1%from 23 in 2018
  1. 2018: 23.
  2. 2019: 18.
  3. 2020: 8.
  4. 2021: 17.
  5. 2022: 14.
  6. 2023: 34.
  7. 2024: 29.
  8. 2025: 17.

Sikh

2incidents in 2025
+2 incidentsfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 3.
  3. 2020: 2.
  4. 2021: 1.
  5. 2022: 0.
  6. 2023: 4.
  7. 2024: 5.
  8. 2025: 2.

Small base · change shown in counts

Catholic

0incidents in 2025
— Unchangedfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 1.
  3. 2020: 6.
  4. 2021: 4.
  5. 2022: 1.
  6. 2023: 0.
  7. 2024: 1.
  8. 2025: 0.

Small base · change shown in counts

Hindu

1incident in 2025
+1 incidentfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 0.
  3. 2020: 0.
  4. 2021: 0.
  5. 2022: 0.
  6. 2023: 3.
  7. 2024: 4.
  8. 2025: 1.

Small base · change shown in counts

Christian Orthodox

0incidents in 2025
−2 incidentsfrom 2 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 2.
  2. 2019: 0.
  3. 2020: 1.
  4. 2021: 0.
  5. 2022: 1.
  6. 2023: 0.
  7. 2024: 0.
  8. 2025: 0.

Small base · change shown in counts

More religion groups 3 more

Other Christian Religion

1incident in 2025
+1 incidentfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 0.
  3. 2020: 1.
  4. 2021: 0.
  5. 2022: 0.
  6. 2023: 0.
  7. 2024: 2.
  8. 2025: 1.

Small base · change shown in counts

Anglican

0incidents in 2025
— Unchangedfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 0.
  3. 2020: 0.
  4. 2021: 0.
  5. 2022: 0.
  6. 2023: 1.
  7. 2024: 0.
  8. 2025: 0.

Small base · change shown in counts

Buddhist

0incidents in 2025
— Unchangedfrom 0 incidents in 2018
  1. 2018: 0.
  2. 2019: 0.
  3. 2020: 0.
  4. 2021: 0.
  5. 2022: 0.
  6. 2023: 0.
  7. 2024: 1.
  8. 2025: 0.

Small base · change shown in counts

Changes compare 2018 with 2025. Small base means either year had fewer than 10 incidents; the change is shown in counts, without a percentage.

View all yearly values 9 religion groups
Religion bias · by year reported · incident counts · change from 2018 to 2025. Small-base changes use counts.
Group20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Jewish615178728514717696▲ 57.4% · 61 → 96
Muslim231881714342917▼ 26.1% · 23 → 17
Sikh03210452▲ 0 → 2Small base · counts
Catholic01641010— 0 → 0Small base · counts
Hindu00000341▲ 0 → 1Small base · counts
Christian Orthodox20101000▼ 2 → 0Small base · counts
Other Christian Religion00100021▲ 0 → 1Small base · counts
Anglican00000100— 0 → 0Small base · counts
Buddhist00000010— 0 → 0Small base · counts

About this data

Toronto Police Service · Hate Crime Unit Imported 2026-09-28

Definitions, coverage & sources

How groups are recorded

Bias groups reflect the suspect’s perception of the victim, as recorded by the Hate Crime Unit. An occurrence that names multiple groups counts once for each group. Labels follow the official police file.

Why the dates differ

Citywide totals cover 2016–2025. Group detail starts in 2018, the first year in the open occurrence file. A group’s year with no occurrences is zero. Unchanged first and last years can still have incidents in between.

Comparing with other police reports

This page counts by the year reported. The annual Hate Crime reports count by when events occurred and separate multi-bias cases from single-bias groups. Their published figures do not fully reconcile with this downloadable series, even after regrouping by occurrence year. Keep the series separate.

Police records do not capture every hate crime. Changes can reflect reporting patterns as well as changes in crime.

Counts and rates

Counts are the default. Rate per 10,000 divides by that year’s City of Toronto population. The police file has no annual population for each targeted group, so these are citywide rates, not a measure of risk within a group. Displayed rates are rounded to two decimals; 0.00 can represent a small non-zero count. Percentage changes use the unrounded rates.

Official sources