Report an incident

If you have experienced or witnessed violence, a threat, harassment, vandalism or another serious incident in Canada — including one you believe was identity-motivated — you can report it here. Every report is reviewed by a person at CRRIC before anything is published.

If you or someone else is in danger, call 911. This form is for documentation and research. It is not monitored around the clock and is not a way of reporting to police or emergency services.

Privacy

Your name, email and any files are stored in a restricted area and never published or given a public link. See the privacy notice.

Retention

Reports that are not published are kept for review for up to 12 months, then contact details and files are deleted. Published records keep the incident, not you.

What happens next

Submitted → under review → verified, needs more information, or out of scope. A verified report is published with its evidence level shown.

What happened

Short title *

Describe the incident *

Please do not include the names, addresses or images of private individuals.

Date *

Approximate time

Did it take place online?

Where

Province / territory *

Municipality *

Type of location

Published records show the municipality only — never an address.

Kind of incident

Main category *

Also fits (optional)

Type of harm

Who was targeted (if identity was a factor)

Add each identity you believe was targeted. Leave empty if you don’t know — an unknown is recorded as unknown, never guessed.

perceived

What suggested the targeting was identity-based?

Evidence and sources

Link to a news report, post or public document

Photos or documents (up to 5, images or PDF, 10 MB each)

Files go to a restricted store that only CRRIC reviewers can open. They are never published and never given a public link.

Were the police contacted?

Police file or reference number (optional)

About you (optional)

You can report anonymously. Verification is harder without a way to reach you, so the record may stay at Reported / Pending Review.

Name

Contact and confidentiality

I understand this report will be reviewed by CRRIC, that my contact details are kept privately and never published, and that submitting it is not a report to police.

CPO verification is a research assessment, not a police finding or a judicial ruling. Reports that name private individuals as offenders will not be published in that form. Read the methodology and corrections and takedown procedure.