Table 2
Firearm-related homicide and robbery, Canada, 1977 to 2006

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Year Firearm-related homicide1 Firearm-related robbery2
% of all % of all
Number Rate3 homicides Number Rate3 robberies
1977 260 1.1 36.6 7,507 31.6 38.5
1978 250 1 37.8 7,203 30.1 36.6
1979 207 0.9 32.8 7,439 30.7 35.6
1980 195 0.8 32.9 8,594 35.1 35
1981 199 0.8 30.7 9,040 36.4 34.4
1982 248 1 37.2 8,954 35.6 32.9
1983 224 0.9 32.8 7,505 29.6 30.9
1984 228 0.9 34.2 6,886 26.9 29.5
1985 222 0.9 31.5 6,789 26.3 29.8
1986 175 0.7 30.8 6,710 25.7 28.8
1987 202 0.8 31.4 5,960 22.5 26.5
1988 169 0.6 29.3 6,072 22.7 25.1
1989 218 0.8 33.2 6,439 23.6 25
1990 196 0.7 29.7 7,426 26.8 26.4
1991 271 1 35.9 9,006 32.1 27.1
1992 247 0.9 33.7 8,736 30.8 26.3
1993 195 0.7 31.1 8,038 28 26.8
1994 196 0.7 32.9 7,361 25.4 25.4
1995 176 0.6 29.9 6,692 22.8 22.1
1996 212 0.7 33.4 6,737 22.8 21.2
1997 193 0.6 32.9 5,486 18.3 18.5
1998 151 0.5 27.1 5,324 17.7 18.4
1999 165 0.5 30.7 5,122 16.8 17.8
2000 184 0.6 33.7 4,323 14.1 16
2001 171 0.6 30.9 3,818 12.3 14
2002 152 0.5 26.1 3,483 11.1 13.1
2003 161 0.5 29.3 3,856 12.2 13.6
2004 173 0.5 27.7 3,645 11.4 13.3
2005 223 0.7 33.6 3,508 10.9 12.2
2006 190 0.6 31.4 3,671 11.3 12

1. Homicide data reflect victim counts from the Homicide Survey representing 100% of the national volume of homicides.
2. Robbery data reflect incident counts from the UCR Aggregate Survey representing 100% of the national volume of robberies. Total firearm-related robbery counts presented in Tables 1 and 3 represent victim counts from the UCR2 Survey whereas Tables 2, 4 and 5 represent incident counts from the UCR Aggregate Survey. Victim counts are greater than incident counts as there can be multiple victims associated with the same incident.
3. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR Aggregate) Survey.