OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crime increased sharply last year, with incidents targeting Black people, Jews and Muslims accounting for most of the national increases. Hate crimes targeting Black people accounted for 16 per cent of all hate crimes in Canada in 2017. ( Toronto star file photo )Incidents involving Muslims more than doubled between 2016 and 2017, one year after police reported a decrease in hate crimes targeting that population. Hate crimes targeting Jews increased for the second consecutive year and accounted for 18 per cent of all hate crimes nationally. Overall in 2017, police reported 2,073 hate crimes, an increase of 664 from 2016.

Source: thestar November 29, 2018 16:50 UTC