Police said the most targeted groups were Jews, Muslims, Blacks, the LGBTQ+ community, Arab and West Asians and East and South Asians.
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Robin Browne of the 613/819 Black Hub activist organization said hate crimes against Blacks were probably under-reported because of the suspicion many in the Black community have about police. Of 1,723 reported crimes motivated by races or ethnicity, 642, or more than one-third, targeted members of Black communities, an increase of six per cent over 2020. Arab or West Asian communities saw a 46-per-cent rise in reported crimes, to 184 last year from 126.
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