Table 3
Counts and rates of homicides, by census metropolitan area1, 2013 to 2023
| 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | Difference from 2022 | Difference from 2022 | Average from 2013 to 2022 | Average from 2013 to 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| count | rate2 | population | count | rate2 | number | % change in rate | count | rate2 | |
| Canada | 778 | 1.94 | 40,097,761 | 882 | 2.27 | -104 | -14.34 | 674 | 1.83 |
| CMA total | 507 | 1.70 | 29,866,239 | 594 | 2.06 | -87 | -17.53 | 446 | 1.69 |
| 500,000 and over population | |||||||||
| Toronto | 116 | 1.73 | 6,716,214 | 131 | 2.02 | -15 | -14.38 | 105 | 1.70 |
| Montréal | 54 | 1.19 | 4,550,129 | 66 | 1.49 | -12 | -20.53 | 46 | 1.10 |
| Vancouver | 48 | 1.62 | 2,971,838 | 73 | 2.56 | -25 | -36.88 | 49 | 1.86 |
| Calgary | 24 | 1.43 | 1,683,659 | 29 | 1.83 | -5 | -21.94 | 29 | 1.99 |
| Edmonton | 48 | 3.06 | 1,569,315 | 36 | 2.39 | 12 | 28.04 | 41 | 2.90 |
| Ottawa3 | 18 | 1.45 | 1,241,001 | 16 | 1.33 | 2 | 8.92 | 13 | 1.25 |
| Winnipeg | 45 | 5.04 | 892,650 | 53 | 6.21 | -8 | -18.84 | 33 | 4.00 |
| Québec | 7 | 0.81 | 864,047 | 5 | 0.59 | 2 | 36.43 | 5 | 0.56 |
| Hamilton | 11 | 1.36 | 808,136 | 5 | 0.63 | 6 | 117.32 | 12 | 1.54 |
| Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 5 | 0.74 | 675,227 | 7 | 1.10 | -2 | -32.50 | 6 | 0.99 |
| London | 7 | 1.15 | 610,582 | 7 | 1.19 | 0 | -3.63 | 8 | 1.48 |
| Oshawa | 9 | 1.65 | 544,467 | 14 | 2.64 | -5 | -37.50 | 8 | 1.71 |
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 12 | 2.28 | 525,352 | 9 | 1.77 | 3 | 29.12 | 5 | 1.03 |
| Halifax | 8 | 1.54 | 519,270 | 10 | 2.00 | -2 | -23.12 | 8 | 1.81 |
| 100,000 to less than 500,000 population | |||||||||
| Windsor | 5 | 1.07 | 467,765 | 4 | 0.88 | 1 | 20.89 | 5 | 1.42 |
| Victoria | 2 | 0.46 | 434,577 | 5 | 1.17 | -3 | -60.71 | 4 | 0.96 |
| Saskatoon | 13 | 3.63 | 358,395 | 16 | 4.67 | -3 | -22.34 | 10 | 3.19 |
| Gatineau4 | 5 | 1.41 | 355,833 | 2 | 0.57 | 3 | 145.86 | 4 | 1.05 |
| Barrie | 1 | 0.35 | 285,571 | 4 | 1.45 | -3 | -75.92 | 2 | 0.97 |
| Regina | 10 | 3.67 | 272,459 | 8 | 3.05 | 2 | 20.32 | 9 | 3.75 |
| Kelowna | 5 | 2.04 | 245,214 | 8 | 3.36 | -3 | -39.26 | 4 | 1.89 |
| St. John's | 3 | 1.34 | 224,352 | 2 | 0.92 | 1 | 45.96 | 3 | 1.24 |
| Sherbrooke | 2 | 0.90 | 221,117 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | ... | 1 | 0.59 |
| Abbotsford–Mission | 4 | 1.88 | 212,530 | 10 | 4.82 | -6 | -60.94 | 5 | 2.53 |
| Greater Sudbury | 5 | 2.65 | 188,943 | 11 | 5.96 | -6 | -55.57 | 3 | 1.77 |
| Moncton | 5 | 2.67 | 187,287 | 2 | 1.13 | 3 | 137.13 | 2 | 1.30 |
| Kingston | 0 | 0.00 | 186,182 | 8 | 4.39 | -8 | -100.00 | 3 | 1.59 |
| Saguenay | 0 | 0.00 | 173,940 | 2 | 1.17 | -2 | -100.00 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Brantford | 0 | 0.00 | 168,913 | 7 | 4.30 | -7 | -100.00 | 4 | 2.41 |
| Trois-Rivières | 1 | 0.60 | 166,908 | 3 | 1.83 | -2 | -67.29 | 2 | 0.95 |
| Guelph | 4 | 2.55 | 156,773 | 2 | 1.31 | 2 | 95.43 | 1 | 0.92 |
| Peterborough | 4 | 2.85 | 140,393 | 3 | 2.22 | 1 | 28.57 | 2 | 1.18 |
| Saint John | 2 | 1.44 | 138,744 | 2 | 1.48 | 0 | -2.59 | 2 | 1.51 |
| Lethbridge5 | 1 | 0.75 | 134,171 | 3 | 2.30 | -2 | -67.62 | ... | ... |
| Thunder Bay | 7 | 5.39 | 129,788 | 15 | 11.72 | -8 | -54.00 | 8 | 6.17 |
| Fredericton6 | 1 | 0.79 | 126,820 | 1 | 0.82 | 0 | -3.45 | ... | ... |
| Chilliwack6 | 6 | 4.77 | 125,884 | 3 | 2.45 | 3 | 94.23 | ... | ... |
| Nanaimo6 | 3 | 2.40 | 125,093 | 4 | 3.26 | -1 | -26.34 | ... | ... |
| Belleville–Quinte West5,7 | 1 | 0.82 | 122,478 | 1 | 0.83 | 0 | -1.71 | ... | ... |
| Kamloops6 | 4 | 3.28 | 122,121 | 3 | 2.51 | 1 | 30.43 | ... | ... |
| Drummondville6 | 0 | 0.00 | 112,867 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Red Deer6 | 1 | 0.92 | 109,234 | 4 | 3.80 | -3 | -75.93 | ... | ... |
| Non-CMA total | 271 | 2.65 | 10,231,522 | 288 | 2.86 | -17 | -7.27 | 228 | 2.17 |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).
Table note 1
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 comprises more than one police service. It is important to note that while official police-reported data on crime from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey use Statistics Canada's standard CMA names, the boundaries for the policing-based CMAs do not always fully align with the standard CMA geographic units used for disseminating information about the Census of Population.
Table note 2
Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Table note 3
Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
Table note 4
Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
Table note 5
Belleville and Lethbridge became CMAs in 2016.
Table note 6
Fredericton, Chilliwack, Nanaimo, Kamloops, Drummondville and Red Deer became CMAs in 2023.
Table note 7
The census metropolitan area (CMA) of Belleville-Quinte West was formerly known as Belleville.
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