Chart 2
Rate of firearm-related homicides, Canada, 1997 to 2018

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Note(s):
A homicide is classified as firearm-related when the weapon used to cause death is a firearm. Firearms include handguns, rifles or shotguns, fully automatic firearms, firearm-like weapons (e.g. nail guns or pellet guns) and firearms—type unknown. Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).

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This is a column clustered chart.

Rate of firearm-related homicides, Canada, 1997 to 2018
  rate per 100,000 population
1997 0.65
1998 0.50
1999 0.55
2000 0.60
2001 0.55
2002 0.48
2003 0.52
2004 0.54
2005 0.69
2006 0.59
2007 0.57
2008 0.60
2009 0.54
2010 0.51
2011 0.46
2012 0.49
2013 0.38
2014 0.44
2015 0.50
2016 0.62
2017 0.73
2018 0.67
Note(s):
A homicide is classified as firearm-related when the weapon used to cause death is a firearm. Firearms include handguns, rifles or shotguns, fully automatic firearms, firearm-like weapons (e.g. nail guns or pellet guns) and firearms—type unknown. Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).
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