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Table 1
Victims of violent crime, by type of weapon, by province and territory, 2012

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Victims of violent crime, by type of weapon, by province and territory, 2012
	Number – Firearm	% – Firearm	Rate3 – Firearm	Number – Other weapon1	% – Other weapon1	Number – No weapon2	% – No weapon2	Number – Unknown	% – Unknown	Number – Total	% – Total
Total, provinces and territories	5,575	2.0	20.9	47,589	16.9	228,140	81.1	7,627	…	288,931	100.0
Newfoundland and Labrador	75	1.2	14.6	970	15.1	5,362	83.7	151	…	6,558	100.0
Prince Edward Island	16	1.1	10.9	145	10.2	1,256	88.6	20	…	1,437	100.0
Nova Scotia	268	2.4	28.2	1,573	14.0	9,378	83.6	85	…	11,304	100.0
New Brunswick	180	1.8	23.8	1,169	11.9	8,464	86.3	163	…	9,976	100.0
Quebec	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Ontario	2,228	2.1	16.6	17,257	16.1	87,986	81.9	1,951	…	109,422	100.0
Manitoba	390	1.9	31.6	4,532	21.6	16,053	76.5	981	…	21,956	100.0
Saskatchewan	366	1.8	34.3	4,073	19.9	15,987	78.3	895	…	21,321	100.0
Alberta	929	2.1	23.9	7,549	16.7	36,679	81.2	2,072	…	47,229	100.0
British Columbia	1,048	2.0	22.7	9,425	18.3	40,970	79.6	953	…	52,396	100.0
Yukon	6	0.5	16.6	185	15.7	987	83.8	74	…	1,252	100.0
Northwest Territories	17	0.6	39.2	322	11.1	2,575	88.4	160	…	3,074	100.0
Nunavut	52	1.8	154.3	389	13.5	2,443	84.7	122	…	3,006	100.0

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Note(s):

Excludes data for Quebec, where "the most serious weapon present" was reported as unknown in a large proportion of incidents. Percentage calculations exclude cases where the weapon is unknown.

Date modified:: 2014-04-23