By the numbers: police-reported hate crime increases in Waterloo region, Guelph

Hate crimes reported to police in Waterloo region and Guelph rose during the first year of the pandemic.

Figures from Statistics Canada show that although the number of reported hate crimes had taken a dip in the years leading up to 2020, they shot upward dramatically that year.

Here are the data on police-reported hate crimes, by the numbers.

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