Table 7
Victims of violent firearm-related homicides, provinces and territories, selected census metropolitan areas, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020


Table 7
Victims of violent firearm-related homicides, provinces and territories, selected census metropolitan areas, 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 7 Note 1 percent of all homicidesTable 7 Note 2 average rateTable 7 Note 1 percent of all homicidesTable 7 Note 2 number rateTable 7 Note 3 percent of all homicidesTable 7 Note 2 number rateTable 7 Note 3 percent of all homicidesTable 7 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
Total census metropolitan areas 0.49 33 0.67 42 187 0.69 44 183 0.67 40 36 -3
Halifax 1.16 44 0.74 44 2 0.46 67 1 0.22 14 -36 -51
Québec 0.06 12 0.12 22 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 91 Note ...: not applicable
Montréal 0.45 40 0.44 42 21 0.49 48 10 0.23 24 -3 -53
GatineauTable 7 Note 4 0.42 33 0.25 28 1 0.29 33 3 0.88 43 -41 197
OttawaTable 7 Note 5 0.21 23 0.62 46 5 0.46 38 3 0.27 30 195 -41
Toronto 0.66 47 0.88 52 66 1.03 53 52 0.80 51 33 -22
Hamilton 0.23 19 0.77 50 9 1.18 64 8 1.03 50 233 -12
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 0.16 17 0.35 35 5 0.84 100 1 0.17 13 120 -80
Winnipeg 0.68 18 0.94 27 15 1.81 37 11 1.32 28 38 -27
Regina 0.30 11 1.38 38 6 2.29 75 5 1.89 42 364 -17
Saskatoon 0.35 15 1.08 34 6 1.79 43 6 1.76 43 205 -2
Calgary 0.29 19 0.93 47 12 0.79 55 18 1.17 49 215 48
Edmonton 0.90 33 1.18 42 8 0.55 27 16 1.09 38 31 97
Vancouver 0.80 47 0.74 47 19 0.70 51 19 0.69 49 -8 -1
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 4

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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Note 5

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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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. A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service. CMA populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Total CMA in this table includes all CMAs, including Oshawa which is excluded from the tables based on data from the UCR. Urban refers to police services are those where the majority of the population lives within a CMA or census agglomeration.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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