“Hate crimes do happen in Canada, despite being a multicultural country and city that we live in, stuff like this happens every day.”

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/charges-laid-after-assaults-at-toronto-mosque-taxi-driver-and-woman-wearing-hijab-sprayed-with-foreign-substance-1.6651381

… Hate crimes in the United States increased nearly 12% in 2021 compared with 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2023/05/minnesota-muslims-mobilize-over-spate-of-mosque-attacks-ask-for-state-help-with-security/

Hate crimes rose by 14 per cent, reports of sex crimes including rape rose by 29 per cent and domestic abuse cases identified as high-risk surged by 48 per cent.

Source: https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/colchester-residents-claim-see-fewer-8781566

Hate crimes such as this are a top priority for the Department and this office, and we take these kind of cases very seriously.

Source: https://toofab.com/2023/01/26/chance-seneca-attempted-murder-jeffrey-dahmer/