![]() The proportion of homicide victims identified as Black increased by 35% between 20 (from 89 victims to 120 victims). 13 Almost half (49% or 120 victims) of these racialized victims were identified as Black. In 2021, there were 788 homicide 12 victims for whom police reported on racialized identity, 31% (or 247 victims) of whom were racialized. Black people are overrepresented among homicide victims 11 Much of this increase was a result of more police-reported hate crimes targeting the Black population (+318 incidents). ![]() In comparison, hate crimes motivated by a hatred of race or ethnicity less commonly targeted White people (5%).īetween 20, the number of police-reported hate crimes motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity increased by 80% from 884 to 1,594. 10 These crimes most frequently targeted the Black population (42% of all hate crimes, or 663 incidents motivated by a hatred of race or ethnicity) ─ this represents the highest recorded number of incidents since 2009. In 2020, police-reported hate crimes motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity represented 62% of all hate crimes. 9 Police-reported hate crimes motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity most frequently targeted the Black population ![]() However, in the same year, a higher proportion of Black people (32%), than non-Black people (27%), aged 15 years or older, reported experiencing one or more incidents of physical or sexual abuse by an adult before the age of 15. In 2018, the same proportion of Black and non-Black people, aged 15 to 24 years, reported experiencing one or more incidents of physical or sexual assault since the age of 15 (37% each). Black people are more likely to report lived experiences of physical or sexual abuse during their childhood Among those who reported being discriminated against, 16% 7 of Black people said it was when dealing with police, compared to 4% of non-Indigenous, non-racialized respondents. Of all Black people, four in ten (41%) experienced discrimination based on their race or skin color, a proportion that is about 15 times higher than the proportion among the non-Indigenous, non-racialized population (3%). Black people are more likely to report experiencing discrimination when dealing with the policeĪccording to the 2019 General Social Survey, nearly half (46%) of Black people aged 15 years and older reported experiencing at least one form of discrimination in the past 5 years, compared to 16% of the non-Indigenous, non-racialized population. Similar proportions of Black and White respondents said they were not aware of the role of the courts (21% and 17%, respectively) and the role of corrections (32% and 28%, respectively). However, a similar proportion among Black and White respondents reported they were confident that the Canadian criminal justice system is accessible to all people (31% and 32%, respectively).īlack respondents were more likely than White respondents to report they were not aware (a rating of 1 & 2 out of a 5 points scale) of the role of the police (16% vs 10%). The 2022 National Justice Survey 4 found that Black respondents (19%) were less likely than White respondents (24%) to report they were confident that the Canadian criminal justice system is fair to all people (a rating of 4 or 5 on a 5 points scale). Black people report being less confident in the criminal justice systemĪccording to the 2019 General Social Survey on victimization, 1 nearly one in five (18%) Black people reported having “not very much” or “no” confidence in the police, which is more than double the proportion among the non-Indigenous, non-racialized population (8%). ![]() The data presented are drawn from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS), the Department of Justice Canada’s Research and Statistics Division (RSD), the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), and the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI). However, some information is available and presented in the current fact sheet. National disaggregated data on the racialized identity of those who come in contact with the criminal justice system remain fairly limited and underreported. This fact sheet presents a statistical overview of the key areas of overrepresentation of Black people at different stages of the criminal justice system. Overrepresentation of Black People in the Canadian Criminal Justice Systemīlack people are overrepresented in Canada's criminal justice system as both victims and people accused or convicted of crime. ![]()
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