Table 2 
Homicides, by census metropolitan area 

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Homicides, by census metropolitan area
Number of victims – 2015rRate1 – 2015rNumber of victims – 2016Rate1 – 2016
Canada 609 1.70 611 1.68
Census metropolitan area, total2 389 1.55 417 1.63
Non-census metropolitan area, total3 220 2.06 194 1.80
Census metropolitan area4        
Thunder Bay 3 2.48 8 6.64
Edmonton 38 2.80 47 3.39
Regina 9 3.72 8 3.23
Abborsford–Mission 3 1.63 6 3.22
Winnipeg 22 2.72 25 3.14
Saskatoon 10 3.21 10 3.12
Halifax 8 1.91 12 2.82
Brantford 0 0.00 4 2.73
Kelowna 4 2.06 5 2.54
Ottawa5 7 0.70 24 2.37
Saint John 3 2.35 3 2.35
Calgary 40 2.78 33 2.24
St. John's 2 0.97 4 1.93
Peterborough 1 0.81 2 1.62
Vancouver 47 1.87 41 1.61
Hamilton 7 0.93 12 1.58
Toronto 82 1.35 96 1.55
London 8 1.57 8 1.55
Saguenay 1 0.60 2 1.20
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 6 1.11 6 1.09
Montréal 47 1.16 42 1.02
Sherbrooke 1 0.51 2 1.00
Oshawa 2 0.46 4 0.93
Barrie 3 1.40 2 0.92
Gatineau6 1 0.31 3 0.91
Windsor 6 1.81 3 0.90
Guelph 2 1.53 1 0.76
Moncton 2 1.28 1 0.64
Victoria 8 2.18 1 0.27
St. Catharines–Niagara 7 1.55 1 0.22
Québec 2 0.25 1 0.12
Trois-Rivières 2 1.28 0 0.00
Kingston 3 1.81 0 0.00
Greater Sudbury 2 1.21 0 0.00
r
revised
Source(s):
CANSIM table 253-0004.

Table note 1

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

Table note 2

Includes six homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2016.

Table note 3

Includes five homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2015 and 2016.

Table note 4

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 includes more than one police service.

Table note 5

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

Table note 6

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