Homicide Survey

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This survey collects detailed data on homicide in Canada. The survey has collected police-reported data on the characteristics of all murder incidents, victims and accused persons since 1961 and all homicides (including murder, manslaughter and infanticide) since 1974.
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  • 31. Trends in police-reported crime in Canada and the United States: A comparative analysis
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100011
    Description: This comparative analysis of crime trends in Canada and United States uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in both countries, focusing on trends from 1998 to 2023. In doing so, this study provides a better understanding of the similarities and differences in patterns in police-reported crime for the two neighbouring countries over time, as well as insight into the characteristics of crimes in Canada and the United States (e.g., use of firearms in violent crime).
    Release date: 2025-10-08
  • 32. Crime comparisons between Canada and the United States 1998 to 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202528140387
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-10-08
  • 33. Police contacts and sociodemographic characteristics of persons accused of gender-related homicide in Canada, 2009 to 2022
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100004
    Description: This Juristat article expands on previous analysis of gender-related homicide in Canada by drawing on multiple data files to examine the characteristics of accused persons over a 14-year period (2009 to 2022). Using data linking the Homicide Survey to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, it first examines all other police contacts prior to and following the homicide among those accused of this crime. Information is also presented on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of these accused by linking data from the Homicide Survey with education, immigration, health and tax records.
    Release date: 2025-04-16
  • 34. Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2023
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100002
    Description: This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels, as well as for urban and rural regions.
    Release date: 2025-02-25
  • 35. Homicide in Canada, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024048
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2023 Homicide Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results at the national, provincial and territorial levels. Also included are findings related to the characteristics of victims as well as the prevalence of gang-related and firearm-related homicides.
    Release date: 2024-12-11
  • 36. Indigenous victims of homicide in Canada, 2022 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024015
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2022 Homicide Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results based on Indigenous identity. Also included are findings related to the characteristics of victims as well as the prevalence of missing persons and spousal and intimate partner violence.
    Release date: 2024-03-28
  • 37. Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2022
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202400100001
    Description: This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels as well as for urban and rural regions.
    Release date: 2024-01-30
  • 38. Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2022 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2023058
    Description: Using police-reported data from the 2022 Homicide Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of some of these data. Findings include results at the national, provincial and territorial levels. Also included are findings related to the characteristics of victims as well as the prevalence of gang-related and firearm-related homicides.
    Release date: 2023-11-29
  • 39. Court outcomes associated with the gender-related homicide of women and girls in Canada, 2009/2010 to 2020/2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100007
    Description: This Juristat article expands on previous analysis of gender-related homicides in Canada by analyzing court case characteristics and outcomes of gender-related homicides of women and girls over a 13-year period (2009 to 2021). Using linked data from the Homicide Survey, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, and the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, it examines multiple stages of the court process (i.e., charge, conviction, sentencing) to determine if court outcomes of gender-related homicides differ from non-gender-related homicides of women and girls or those with a male victim. In addition, potentially near-lethal forms of gender-related violence, namely attempted murder and aggravated assaults, are explored to broaden the scope of the analysis.
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 40. Court outcomes in homicides of Indigenous women and girls, 2009 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100006
    Description: This Juristat article reviews court outcomes of cases linked to the homicides of First Nations, Métis and Inuit (Indigenous) women and girls. Using a linked data file containing records from the Homicide and Integrated Criminal Court Survey, the article examines how incidents of homicide move from the policing stage through to their final outcomes in criminal court. From solve rates, to the type of charge heard in court, to verdicts and length of sentence, the article examines cases where the victim was an Indigenous woman or girl in comparison to non-Indigenous victims. Characteristics of homicide victims and accused are also presented.
    Release date: 2023-10-04
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  • 1. Police-reported Information Hub: Homicide in Canada
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023033
    Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard provides an overview of police-reported homicide in Canada. The dashboard features statistics on the homicide rate and number of homicides on an annual basis starting in 2014. Detailed incident characteristics (method, firearm type, gang-related) and victim characteristics (identity group, gender, age, relationship to the accused) are also available. Information is available at different levels of geography including by Canada, province and territory and census metropolitan area.
    Release date: 2026-07-29
  • 2. Number of homicide victims and persons accused of homicide, by Indigenous identity, age group and gender
    Table: 35-10-0060-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of homicide victims and persons accused of homicide, by Indigenous identity, (total, by Indigenous identity; Indigenous identity; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity), age group (total all ages; 0 to 11 years; 12 to 17 years; 18 to 24 years; 25 to 29 years; 30 to 39 years; 40 to 49 years; 50 to 59 years; 60 years and over; age unknown) and gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 3. Number, rate and percentage changes in rates of homicide victims
    Table: 35-10-0068-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number, rate and percentage changes in rates of homicide victims, Canada, provinces and territories, 1961 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 4. Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide
    Table: 35-10-0069-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide (total methods used; shooting; stabbing; beating; strangulation; fire (burns or suffocation); other methods used; methods used unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 5. Number and rate of homicide victims, by Census Metropolitan Areas
    Table: 35-10-0071-01
    Geography: Canada, Police metropolitan area
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, Canada and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1981 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 6. Number of victims of solved homicides, by type of accused-victim relationship
    Table: 35-10-0073-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of victims of solved homicides, by type of accused-victim relationship, Canada, 1974 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 7. Number of victims of spousal homicide
    Table: 35-10-0074-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of victims of spousal homicide, Canada and regions, 1997 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 8. Number, percentage and rate of gang-related homicide victims
    Table: 35-10-0075-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Victims of gang-related homicides (total number of homicide victims; number of homicide victims - unknown gang-relation; number of homicide victims - known gang relation; number of gang-related homicide victims; percentage of gang-related homicide victims; rate (per 100,000 population) of gang-related homicide victims), Canada and regions, 1999 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 9. Number and rate of victims of solved homicides, by gender, Indigenous identity and type of accused-victim relationship
    Table: 35-10-0119-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of victims of solved homicides, by gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown), Indigenous identity (total, homicide victims by Indigenous identity; Indigenous identity; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity) and type of accused-victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 10. Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by Indigenous identity and gender
    Table: 35-10-0125-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by Indigenous identity (total, by Indigenous identity; Indigenous identity; First Nations (North American Indian); Métis; Inuk (Inuit); Indigenous person, Indigenous group unknown; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity) and gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown), Canada, 2014 to 2025.
    Release date: 2026-07-22
Analysis (108)

Analysis (108) (0 to 10 of 108 results)

  • 1. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada 2025
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20262034751
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-07-22
  • 2. Firearms and intimate partner violence in Canada, 2009 to 2024
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100011
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey from 2009 to 2024, this Juristat article examines trends in firearm-related intimate partner violence, including characteristics of incidents, victims, and accused persons. Data from the Homicide Survey are also included to examine the prevalence and nature of firearm-related intimate partner homicides.
    Release date: 2026-07-08
  • 3. Firearms and intimate partner violence in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202618941233
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-07-08
  • 4. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2024
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100007
    Description: This article, which is based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Homicide Survey, presents key trends in crime rates and the Crime Severity Index (CSI) for police-reported crime in rural areas of the Canadian provinces. This is an update of the Juristat article entitled “Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2021”.
    Release date: 2026-05-26
  • 5. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas of Canada's provinces, 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026021
    Description: This infographic, which is based on data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and the Homicide Survey, presents key trends in crime rates and the Crime Severity Index (CSI) for police-reported crime in rural areas of the Canadian provinces.
    Release date: 2026-05-26
  • 6. Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2024
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100005
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, this Juristat article presents the most recent trends in firearm-related violent crime, as well as certain characteristics of these incidents, their victims and the persons accused. An analysis of accused persons who have had repeated contacts with the police for firearm-related violent crime is included in this Juristat article. These results will help to better identify the those most likely to be responsible for a disproportionate share of firearm-related crime.
    Release date: 2026-04-21
  • 7. Violent crime involving a firearm in Canada, 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2026020
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, this infographic presents the most recent trends in firearm-related violent crime, as well as certain characteristics of these incidents, their victims and the persons accused.
    Release date: 2026-04-21
  • 8. Firearms and violent crime in Canada 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20261118761
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-04-21
  • 9. Crimes related to the sex trade in Canada, 2020 to 2024
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100001
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this article examines the most recent trends in crimes related to the sex trade in Canada. Incident, accused and victim characteristics are examined, as are court case outcomes. Findings are primarily presented using two five-year periods of data to highlight trend similarities and differences between the period that immediately followed 2014 legislative changes (2015 to 2019) and more recent years (2020 to 2024).
    Release date: 2026-02-10
  • 10. Homicide in Canada, 2024
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025060
    Description: Police-reported homicide victims and rates per 100,000 population, by geographic region (national, provincial, and CMA).
    Release date: 2025-12-02
Reference (1)

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  • 1. Collecting Data on Aboriginal People in the Criminal Justice System: Methods and Challenges Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 85-564-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This objective of this report is to present the status of national data on Aboriginal people who come into contact with the criminal justice system as offenders and victims. The report examines the current and potential collection of an individual's Aboriginal identity through various justice-related surveys at Statistics Canada, the challenges within these surveys to collect these data and provides some insight into the quality of these data. The data and sources are examined within the context of information needs for the justice and social policy sectors, and in relation to the preferred method of measuring Aboriginal Identity at Statistics Canada. Data sources examined include the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, the Homicide Survey, the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, the Adult Corrections Survey, the Youth Custody and Community Services Survey, the Youth Alternative Measures Survey, the Transition Home Survey, the Victim Services Survey and the General Social Survey on Victimization. Finally, the report briefly describes efforts by other countries to improve justice-related information on their indigenous populations.

    Release date: 2005-05-10

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