Homicide in Canada, 2024

Release date: December 2, 2025
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Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2024
Description: Homicide in Canada, 2024

Nationwide, 788 homicides were reported by police in 2024.

The national homicide rate decreased 4% in 2024, from 1.99 to 1.91 homicides per 100,000 population.

Table 1
Table summary
The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Number of homicides in 2024 Change from 2023
Canada 788 -8
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 -4
Prince Edward Island 2 1
Nova Scotia 25 11
New Brunswick 18 9
Quebec 97 -9
Ontario 282 10
Manitoba 94 19
Saskatchewan 65 6
Alberta 98 -19
British Columbia 93 -30
Yukon 0 -4
Northwest Territories 6 0
Nunavut 4 2

In 2024…

  • Gang-related homicides represented less than one-fifth of all reported homicides.
    Number of gang related homicides: 152
  • Firearms were used in more than 1 in 3 homicides Number of firearm-related homicides: 287
    Most common firearm used
    Handguns - 56%
    Rifles and shotguns - 34%
  • The number and rate of youth under 18 accused of homicide increased.

Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2 , calculated using (appearing as column headers).
  2024 2023
Number of youth accused 72 65
Rate per 100,000 youth 0.94 0.87

  • The homicide rate involving IndigenousNote 1 people was 10.84 per 100,000, more than 8 times the rate for non-Indigenous Canadians. Indigenous people therefore continue to be overrepresented among homicide victims.
  • Victims identified as racialized personsNote 2 continued to account for approximately one-third (29%) of all victims.
  • Over the period from 2019 to 2024, roughly one-third of those accused of homicide were already under some form of justice system supervision at the time of the offence.

Spousal and intimate partner violence

  • In 2024, nearly 1 in 6 (17%) homicide victims were killed by a spouse or intimate partnerNote 3
  • This represents 100 homicide victims, up from 72 in 2023
  • 81 women were victims of spousal or intimate partner homicide in 2024, up from 53 the previous year.

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

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