Table 1 
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by province or territory and by census metropolitan area, 2023 and 2024 

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. A census agglomeration (CA) must have a core population of at least 10,000. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service. An urban area is defined as a CMA or a CA. Rural areas are all areas outside CMAs and CAs. The provincial south includes Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as well as the southern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The provincial north includes the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography. Populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries. The Oshawa CMA is not shown in this table due to the incongruity between the police service jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.