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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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  • 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. 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
  • 3. 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
  • 4. 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
  • 5. 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
  • 6. 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
  • 7. 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
  • 8. 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
  • 9. 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
  • 10. 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
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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) (60 to 70 of 108 results)

  • 61. Homicide in Canada, 2015 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201600114668
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents 2015 homicide data. Short and long-term trends in homicide are examined at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Gang-related homicides, firearm-related homicides, intimate partner homicides, and homicides committed by youth are also explored. This Juristat also presents a special analysis of the circumstances surrounding homicides of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal females committed by 'casual acquaintances' from 1980 to 2015.

    Release date: 2016-11-23
  • 62. Prostitution offences in Canada: Statistical trends Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201600114670
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines the scope of police-reported prostitution-related offences in Canada, including the frequency of prostitution-related incidents between 2009 and 2014. Police-reported prostitution incidents by sex are also analyzed, as well as homicides of sex workers, and criminal court outcomes for prostitution-related cases.

    Release date: 2016-11-10
  • 63. Youth crime in Canada, 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201600114309
    Description:

    This Juristat article uses data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey to examine youth crime reported by police in 2014. In addition, the report uses data from the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey to chart trends in court processing of youth from 2000 to 2014.

    Release date: 2016-02-17
  • 64. Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201600114303
    Description:

    This Juristat article profiles a general overview of family violence in Canada, intimate partner violence (including both spousal and dating violence partners), family violence against children, and family violence against seniors. This annual article is designed to help monitor changes in family violence over time and identify emerging issues.

    Release date: 2016-01-21
  • 65. Aboriginal statistics at a glance second edition Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201535812961
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-12-24
  • 66. Homicide in Canada, 2014 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201500114244
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents 2014 homicide data. Short and long-term trends in homicide are examined at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Gang-related homicides, firearm-related homicides, intimate partner homicides, and homicides committed by youth are also explored. This Juristat also presents new data on the nature and extent of homicides involving Aboriginal victims and accused persons. The year 2014 marks the first cycle of collection of Homicide Survey data for which complete information regarding Aboriginal identity has been reported for both victims and accused persons, regardless of gender.

    Release date: 2015-11-25
  • 67. Mental health and contact with police in Canada, 2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201500114176
    Description:

    This Juristat article reports on Canadians’ with a mental or substance use disorder and their contact with police. Using data from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey—Mental Health, this article explores the type of contact that Canadians with a disorder have with police and how it differs from those without a disorder. In addition, the prevalence of mental or substance use disorders by selected demographic characteristics are also discussed.

    Release date: 2015-06-02
  • 68. Police-reported crime in Canada’s Provincial North and Territories, 2013 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201500114165
    Description:

    This Juristat uses data from the Uniform Crime Reporting survey (UCR) to examine the nature and extent of police-reported crime in northern regions of the provinces and the territories, as compared to crime in the south. The analysis will focus on types of crime, level of seriousness and who are the perpetrators and victims in these different regions.

    Release date: 2015-05-05
  • 69. Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2013 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400114114
    Description:

    This Juristat article profiles a general overview of family violence in Canada, intimate partner violence (including both spousal and dating violence partners), family violence against children, and family violence against seniors. This annual article is designed to help monitor changes in family violence over time and identify emerging issues.

    Release date: 2015-01-15
  • 70. Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201400111925
    Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Short-term trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels, while long-term trends in firearm-related homicide are also explored. Using data from the 2012 Uniform Crime Reporting and Homicide Surveys, this article provides information on violent crime involving firearms in Canada, including international comparisons and an examination of the types of firearms (such as handguns, rifles, or shotguns) which are most commonly involved in firearm-related violent crime. It also addresses characteristics of the incidents, victims, and accused persons, such as gang-related violence, accused-victim relationships, clearance status, age of victims and accused persons, and types of offence that most commonly involve firearms.

    Release date: 2014-04-23
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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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