Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2022

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Release date: November 29, 2023
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Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2022
Description: Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2022

Nationwide, 874 homicides were reported by police in 2022. Compared with 2021, the national homicide rate increased by 8% to 2.25 homicides per 100,000 population.


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Number of homicides in 2022 and Change from 2021 (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Number of homicides in 2022 Change from 2021
Canada 874 78
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 -5
Prince Edward Island 0 -1
Nova Scotia 19 -4
New Brunswick 15 4
Quebec 110 20
Ontario 288 7
Manitoba 88 26
Saskatchewan 71 1
Alberta 119 1
British Columbia 155 30
Yukon 2 -2
Northwest Territories 3 2
Nunavut 1 -1
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

Gang-related homicides continued to account for about a quarter (23%) of all homicides.

Firearm-related homicides accounted for 41% of all homicides.

According to police, 90 youths were accused of homicide in 2022, a relatively large increase from the previous 10-year average (39). This is largely due to a rise in homicide incidents involving multiple accused individuals younger than 18 years.


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2 2022, 2021 and 2012–2021 average (appearing as column headers).
2022 2021 2012–2021 average
Number of youth accused 90 33 39
Rate per 100,000 youth 1.23 0.46 0.56

In 2022…

About a quarter of victims (27%) were identified as Indigenous, a proportion similar to the previous year.Note 1

Victims identified as racialized persons continued to account for approximately one-third (31%) of all victims.Note 2

Firearms were seized in approximately 1 in 5 (19%) homicide incidents, with an average of 2 firearms seized per incident.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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