Table 2
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area,1 2022 and 2023
| 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | %2 | % change in rate from 2022 | number | rate | %2 | |
| St. John's | 46 | 20.5 | 1.2 | -44.0 | 80 | 36.6 | 2.2 |
| Halifax | 142 | 27.3 | 1.9 | -6.5 | 146 | 29.3 | 2.0 |
| Moncton | 98 | 52.3 | 2.8 | 13.4 | 82 | 46.2 | 2.3 |
| Fredericton3 | 47 | 37.1 | 2.4 | -9.2 | 50 | 40.8 | 2.7 |
| Saguenay | 30 | 17.2 | 1.4 | 33.9 | 22 | 12.9 | 1.0 |
| Sherbrooke | 30 | 13.6 | 1.5 | -11.1 | 33 | 15.3 | 1.8 |
| Trois-Rivières | 57 | 34.2 | 2.9 | 55.4 | 36 | 22.0 | 1.8 |
| Drummondville3 | 22 | 19.5 | 1.1 | 7.5 | 20 | 18.1 | 1.2 |
| Montréal | 1,161 | 25.6 | 2.1 | -12.5 | 1,288 | 29.2 | 2.5 |
| Gatineau4 | 107 | 30.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 103 | 29.4 | 2.2 |
| Ottawa5 | 298 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 273 | 22.7 | 2.9 |
| Kingston | 30 | 16.1 | 1.5 | -8.3 | 32 | 17.6 | 1.7 |
| Belleville–Quinte West6 | 19 | 15.5 | 1.4 | -25.3 | 25 | 20.8 | 1.8 |
| Peterborough | 17 | 12.1 | 1.4 | -31.7 | 24 | 17.7 | 2.0 |
| Toronto7 | 2,449 | 40.4 | 3.9 | -9.2 | 2,606 | 44.4 | 4.7 |
| Hamilton8 | 262 | 42.6 | 3.8 | 10.2 | 233 | 38.7 | 3.5 |
| St. Catharines–Niagara | 124 | 23.6 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 111 | 21.8 | 2.7 |
| Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 218 | 32.3 | 2.3 | -17.9 | 251 | 39.3 | 2.7 |
| Brantford | 55 | 34.2 | 2.8 | -19.8 | 66 | 42.6 | 3.6 |
| Guelph | 18 | 11.5 | 1.4 | -32.4 | 26 | 17.0 | 2.0 |
| London | 146 | 23.9 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 141 | 24.0 | 2.4 |
| Windsor | 108 | 25.0 | 2.7 | -10.1 | 116 | 27.8 | 3.3 |
| Barrie | 45 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 72.8 | 25 | 13.8 | 1.4 |
| Greater Sudbury | 58 | 30.7 | 1.8 | -17.8 | 69 | 37.4 | 2.3 |
| Thunder Bay | 44 | 33.9 | 1.5 | 11.2 | 39 | 30.5 | 1.5 |
| Winnipeg | 479 | 53.7 | 3.1 | -2.0 | 467 | 54.7 | 3.3 |
| Regina | 215 | 78.9 | 5.6 | -7.6 | 224 | 85.4 | 6.9 |
| Saskatoon | 188 | 52.7 | 3.8 | -5.9 | 191 | 56.1 | 4.1 |
| Lethbridge6 | 63 | 47.0 | 2.2 | 70.0 | 36 | 27.6 | 1.3 |
| Calgary | 600 | 35.6 | 3.4 | -22.5 | 730 | 46.0 | 4.6 |
| Red Deer3 | 87 | 79.6 | 3.2 | -2.6 | 86 | 81.8 | 3.6 |
| Edmonton | 726 | 46.3 | 3.3 | 11.4 | 626 | 41.5 | 3.1 |
| Kelowna | 67 | 27.3 | 1.4 | 18.4 | 55 | 23.1 | 1.2 |
| Kamloops3 | 45 | 36.8 | 1.5 | -6.3 | 47 | 39.3 | 1.5 |
| Chilliwack3 | 69 | 54.8 | 2.0 | 26.4 | 53 | 43.4 | 1.8 |
| Abbotsford–Mission | 99 | 46.6 | 2.9 | 11.1 | 87 | 41.9 | 2.9 |
| Vancouver | 597 | 20.1 | 1.8 | -14.7 | 672 | 23.6 | 2.1 |
| Victoria | 38 | 8.7 | 0.6 | -61.1 | 96 | 22.5 | 1.5 |
| Nanaimo3 | 34 | 27.2 | 1.2 | -38.2 | 54 | 44.0 | 1.9 |
| Census metropolitan areas | 9,203 | 31.7 | 2.7 | -7.6 | 9,624 | 34.3 | 3.0 |
| Non-census metropolitan areas | 5,213 | 52.0 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 4,616 | 46.7 | 2.4 |
| Canada | 14,416 | 36.9 | 2.6 | -1.7 | 14,240 | 37.5 | 2.8 |
Note(s):
Firearm-related violent crime includes incidents where the most serious violation was a firearm-specific violent offence (discharging a firearm with intent, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence, pointing a firearm) and other violent crimes where the most serious weapon present in the incident was a firearm. The number of incidents represents the number of victims, as well as incidents where the police did not provide victim records. 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, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A census agglomeration (CA) must have a core population of at least 10,000. Rural areas are all areas outside CMAs and CAs. Because of data quality concerns, the Service de police de la Ville de Québec is excluded. Rates are calculated based on 100,000 population, and populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend database (3302).
Table note 1
The Oshawa census metropolitan area (CMA) is not presented in this table because of the incongruity between police service jurisdictional boundaries and CMA boundaries. The CMA of Saint John is not presented in this table because of the exclusion of data from the Saint John Police Service, but it is included (except for the Saint John Police Service) in the CMA total. The CMA of Québec is not presented in this table because of the exclusion of data from the Service de police de la Ville de Québec, but it is included (except for the Service de police de la Ville de Québec) in the CMA total.
Table note 2
Reflects the proportion of violent crime that was firearm-related.
Table note 3
As of the 2021 Census of Population, Fredericton, Drummondville, Red Deer, Kamloops, Chilliwack and Nanaimo became census metropolitan areas.
Table note 4
Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Table note 5
Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Table note 6
As of the 2016 Census of Population, Belleville–Quinte West (formerly known as Belleville) and Lethbridge became census metropolitan areas.
Table note 7
Excludes the portions of the Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service that police the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA). The Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service are included in the CMA total.
Table note 8
Excludes the portion of the Halton Regional Police Service that polices the Hamilton census metropolitan area (CMA). The Halton Regional Police Service is included in the CMA total.
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