Table 6
Victims of violent firearm-related homicides, provinces and territories, rural and urban regions, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020


Table 6
Victims of violent firearm-related homicides, provinces and territories, rural and urban regions, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of violent firearm-related homicides. The information is grouped by Geography (appearing as row headers), 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019, 2020, Change in rate between
2009 to 2014
and 2015 to 2020 and Change in rate
2019 to 2020, calculated using average rate, percent of all homicides, number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Geography 2009 to 2014 2015 to 2020 2019 2020 Change in rate between
2009 to 2014
and 2015 to 2020		 Change in rate
2019 to 2020
average rateTable 6 Note 1 percent of all homicidesTable 6 Note 2 average rateTable 6 Note 1 percent of all homicidesTable 6 Note 2 number rateTable 6 Note 3 percent of all homicidesTable 6 Note 2 number rateTable 6 Note 3 percent of all homicidesTable 6 Note 2 percent
Canada 0.47 30 0.66 39 262 0.70 41 277 0.73 40 40 5
Urban 0.45 31 0.65 41 214 0.67 43 222 0.69 40 43 3
Rural South 0.46 32 0.53 37 26 0.54 35 36 0.74 44 16 37
Rural North 1.03 19 1.59 25 22 2.23 31 19 1.93 28 54 -14
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.32 53 0.10 13 0 0.00 0 1 0.19 25 -70 Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island 0.23 40 0.11 25 1 0.64 50 0 0.00 0 -53 -100
Nova Scotia 0.60 36 0.87 54 2 0.21 40 24 2.45 71 45 1,088
New Brunswick 0.31 27 0.74 47 11 1.42 69 7 0.90 50 138 -37
Quebec 0.36 33 0.34 36 27 0.32 36 23 0.27 27 -5 -16
Ontario 0.39 32 0.62 41 100 0.69 41 94 0.64 41 59 -7
Manitoba 0.59 15 0.80 20 20 1.46 29 13 0.94 22 35 -35
Saskatchewan 0.48 17 1.27 32 19 1.62 37 18 1.53 35 165 -6
Alberta 0.70 30 1.05 41 37 0.85 42 58 1.31 44 51 55
British Columbia 0.67 37 0.81 46 44 0.86 53 38 0.74 46 21 -15
Yukon 0.47 17 1.67 27 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 256 Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories 0.77 13 0.37 4 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 -51 Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut 4.85 31 1.32 12 1 2.59 17 1 2.54 33 -73 -2
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
... not applicable
Note 1

Average rates are calculated per 100,000 population and are based on the total count of homicides over the time period divided by the sum of the populations for each year in the six–year time period.

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Note 2

Excludes homicides where the weapon used to kill the victim was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.

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Note: The number for homicides in this table will not match numbers published in other Juristats and is not consistent with the information on victims of firearm-related "homicide and other violations causing death and attempted murder" based on the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey data published in this report, as data from Quebec is excluded from UCR analysis. Specific analysis of homicide is based on data from the Homicide Survey, which represents 100% of the population of Canada. There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they become known to police and reported to Statistics Canada. Rural police services are those where the majority of the population lives outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA). Urban police services are those where the majority of the population lives within a CMA or CA, See "Data sources and concepts" for further information. Rural North includes all rural police services in the Territories or in the Provincial North. Provincial North encompasses the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Rural South refers to rural police services in the southern regions of these provinces as well as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The Nova Scotia attacks in April 2020 had a significant impact on the number of homicides in the province, accounting for 22 homicide victims.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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