Chart 1
Rate of homicides, Canada, 1968 to 2018

rate per 100,000 population 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018
Note(s):
Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada. Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident that occurred in 1985.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).

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Rate of homicides, Canada, 1968 to 2018
  rate per 100,000 population
1968 1.8
1969 1.9
1970 2.2
1971 2.2
1972 2.3
1973 2.4
1974 2.6
1975 3.0
1976 2.8
1977 3.0
1978 2.8
1979 2.6
1980 2.4
1981 2.6
1982 2.7
1983 2.7
1984 2.6
1985 2.7
1986 2.2
1987 2.4
1988 2.1
1989 2.4
1990 2.4
1991 2.7
1992 2.6
1993 2.2
1994 2.1
1995 2.0
1996 2.1
1997 2.0
1998 1.9
1999 1.8
2000 1.8
2001 1.8
2002 1.9
2003 1.7
2004 2.0
2005 2.1
2006 1.9
2007 1.8
2008 1.8
2009 1.8
2010 1.6
2011 1.8
2012 1.6
2013 1.5
2014 1.5
2015 1.7
2016 1.7
2017 1.8
2018 1.8
Note(s):
Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada. Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident that occurred in 1985.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).
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