Chart 3
Rate of gang-related homicides, Canada, 2005 to 2018

 Back to main article

Skip interactive chart, go to accessible chart description

Interactive - Selected Image CSV (1 KB)
rate per 100,000 population 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.45 0.50 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Note(s):
These data became available beginning in 1991. A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or the victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association. Prior to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related." Beginning in 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was: (a) confirmed as gang related or (b) suspected as being gang-related. As such, figures may be underestimated prior to 2005 due to suspected gang-related incidents that were excluded from the figures. Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).

Chart description


This is a column clustered chart.

Rate of gang-related homicides, Canada, 2005 to 2018
  rate per 100,000 population
2005 0.33
2006 0.32
2007 0.36
2008 0.42
2009 0.37
2010 0.28
2011 0.28
2012 0.27
2013 0.24
2014 0.23
2015 0.27
2016 0.39
2017 0.45
2018 0.42
Note(s):
These data became available beginning in 1991. A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or the victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association. Prior to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related." Beginning in 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was: (a) confirmed as gang related or (b) suspected as being gang-related. As such, figures may be underestimated prior to 2005 due to suspected gang-related incidents that were excluded from the figures. Populations are based upon July 1, 2018, estimates from Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).
Date modified: