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Firearm-related violent crime for selected offences by province and territory, 2006
Firearm-related homicide
Firearm-related robbery
Total victims of firearm-related violent crime
number rate 1 number rate 1 number rate 1 % of total violent crime
Province/territory
Newfoundland and Labrador
4 0.8 11 2.2 58 11.4 1.1
Prince Edward Island
0 0.0 0 0.0 17 12.3 1.3
Nova Scotia
5 0.5 133 14.2 242 25.9 1.8
New Brunswick
2 0.3 31 4.1 106 15.6 1.6
Quebec
34 0.4 781 10.2 1,775 23.3 2.2
Ontario
66 0.5 1,609 12.7 3,455 27.5 2.9
Manitoba
8 0.7 134 11.4 425 37.7 2.0
Saskatchewan
10 1.0 93 9.4 379 38.5 1.7
Alberta
32 0.9 352 10.4 1,071 32.1 2.6
British Columbia2
29 0.7 523 12.1 497 33.9 2.8
Yukon
0 0.0 1 3.2 9 28.8 0.9
Northwest Territories
0 0.0 1 2.4 35 83.6 1.2
Nunavut
0 0.0 2 6.5 36 117.0 1.5
Canada 190 0.6 3,671 11.3 8,105 27.5 2.4
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. Data for total violent crime in British Columbia represent 34% of the population and are not provincially representative. Data for homicide and robbery represent 100% coverage.
Firearm-related violent crime for selected offences by census metropolitan area, 2006
Firearm-related homicide
Firearm-related robbery
Total victims of firearm-related violent crime
number rate 1 number rate 1 number rate 1 % of total violent crime
Census metropolitan area (CMA)
500,000 and over population
Vancouver2
15 0.7 408 18.7 455 45.3 3.3
Winnipeg
7 1.0 123 16.9 315 43.9 2.8
Toronto
34 0.6 995 18.4 1,993 40.4 4.1
Calgary
6 0.5 133 12.0 388 35.2 3.9
Montréal
25 0.7 645 17.4 1,291 34.9 3.1
Edmonton
15 1.4 168 15.9 306 28.9 2.9
Ottawa3
8 0.9 138 15.6 226 25.5 3.6
Québec
0 0.0 67 9.2 132 18.2 1.9
Hamilton
3 0.4 111 15.8 94 18.1 2.0
100,000 to less than 500,000 population
Regina
2 1.0 35 17.5 78 38.9 2.2
Halifax
3 0.8 116 30.4 141 36.9 2.4
Saskatoon
2 0.8 39 15.9 80 33.1 1.7
St. Catharines–Niagara
1 0.2 60 13.8 123 28.3 3.7
Gatineau4
2 0.7 24 8.3 79 27.2 2.1
London
0 0.0 55 11.6 122 25.8 2.8
Greater Sudbury
0 0.0 13 8.0 34 21.0 2.0
Windsor
2 0.6 16 4.8 57 18.9 1.8
Kitchener
1 0.2 24 4.9 75 15.3 1.8
Kingston
1 0.7 8 5.2 18 11.7 1.1
Saguenay
0 0.0 1 0.7 16 11.0 1.1
Thunder Bay
1 0.8 4 3.2 13 10.6 0.6
Victoria
0 0.0 15 4.4 34 10.0 0.9
St. John's
0 0.0 10 5.5 14 7.8 0.8
Sherbrooke
0 0.0 5 3.4 6 4.1 0.4
Trois-Rivières
0 0.0 1 0.7 4 2.7 0.3
Abbotsford
2 1.2 25 15.2 .. .. ..
Saint John
0 0.0 5 5.1 .. .. ..
Oshawa
0 0.0 .. .. .. .. ..
Canada 190 0.6 3,671 11.3 8,105 27.5 2.4
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. Data for total violent crime in Vancouver represent 46% of the population. Data for homicide and robbery represent 100% coverage.
3. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
4. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
