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Rate of gang-related homicides, Canada, 2007 to 2020

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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 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Note(s):
These data became available 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 either (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, 2020 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).

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Rate of gang-related homicides, Canada, 2007 to 2020
  rate per 100,000 population
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
2019 0.43
2020 0.39
Note(s):
These data became available 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 either (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, 2020 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).
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