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Police-reported incidents of firearm-related violent crime, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, 2009 to 2024

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rate per 100,000 population 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 Montréal¹Montréal¹ Toronto²Toronto² VancouverVancouver
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In Quebec, the information management system used by a majority of police services generates a relatively high proportion of unknown values for the variable "most serious weapon present." Although firearm-related crimes are likely correctly recorded in the vast majority of cases, undercounting remains possible. Therefore, caution should be used when comparing data from Quebec with data from other provinces or territories.
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Excludes the portions of the Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service that police the Toronto census metropolitan area.
Note(s):
Firearm-related violent crime includes incidents where the most serious violation was a firearm-specific violent offence (discharging a firearm with intent, using 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. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend database (3302).

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Police-reported incidents of firearm-related violent crime, Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, 2009 to 2024, rate per 100,000 population
  Montréal¹ Toronto² Vancouver
2009 40.66 46.38 39.18
2010 42.36 28.17 36.89
2011 46.79 26.72 28.33
2012 34.95 25.80 34.80
2013 29.74 22.37 26.91
2014 28.43 29.08 26.47
2015 28.07 32.63 32.61
2016 21.84 38.18 24.48
2017 21.35 41.65 20.19
2018 21.74 41.94 19.67
2019 19.99 42.00 24.04
2020 24.93 39.49 21.55
2021 28.09 32.08 19.05
2022 29.21 44.44 23.55
2023 25.89 40.00 20.42
2024 23.19 44.81 14.05
1.
In Quebec, the information management system used by a majority of police services generates a relatively high proportion of unknown values for the variable "most serious weapon present." Although firearm-related crimes are likely correctly recorded in the vast majority of cases, undercounting remains possible. Therefore, caution should be used when comparing data from Quebec with data from other provinces or territories.
2.
Excludes the portions of the Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service that police the Toronto census metropolitan area.
Note(s):
Firearm-related violent crime includes incidents where the most serious violation was a firearm-specific violent offence (discharging a firearm with intent, using 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. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend database (3302).
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