Table 2
Number of homicides by province/territory, 1961 to 2007

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Year Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia1 Yukon Territory Northwest Territories2 Nunavut Canada
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Notes: There are some homicides that are included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which police file the report.
1. As a result of ongoing investigations in Port Coquitlam, B.C., there were 5 homicides reported in 2007, 5 reported in 2004, 7 reported in 2003 and 15 included in 2002 that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which police file the report.
2. Includes Nunavut before 1999.
3. Excludes 329 victims in the Air India incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
1961 1 1 6 2 52 89 15 14 18 34 1 0 … 233
1962 0 1 10 8 62 76 19 13 18 55 3 0 … 265
1963 3 0 6 5 69 76 16 8 27 35 3 1 … 249
1964 5 0 13 5 52 81 16 20 25 32 1 3 … 253
1965 6 4 10 5 63 77 15 15 20 57 3 2 … 277
1966 3 1 9 6 56 71 17 12 27 48 0 0 … 250
1967 1 0 10 5 75 114 15 25 38 47 6 2 … 338
1968 5 0 9 5 102 104 28 23 25 73 1 0 … 375
1969 5 1 12 1 126 111 28 33 23 50 0 1 … 391
1970 1 1 15 8 141 115 29 24 42 78 6 7 … 467
1971 2 0 16 10 124 151 33 29 45 61 0 2 … 473
1972 2 2 14 11 157 141 36 28 37 88 3 2 … 521
1973 3 0 19 17 155 160 38 23 36 87 4 4 … 546
1974 3 2 8 21 169 160 42 31 44 107 5 8 … 600
1975 4 0 14 12 226 206 37 36 57 98 6 5 … 701
1976 6 2 25 14 205 183 31 34 68 88 4 8 … 668
1977 8 1 14 38 197 192 44 46 70 91 6 4 … 711
1978 9 4 13 27 180 182 39 32 84 85 2 4 … 661
1979 5 0 17 11 186 175 44 36 56 90 4 7 … 631
1980 3 1 12 9 181 158 31 31 55 105 2 4 … 592
1981 4 1 11 17 186 170 41 29 73 110 1 5 … 648
1982 6 0 12 13 190 184 35 39 70 109 2 7 … 667
1983 6 0 13 11 190 202 40 33 75 108 1 3 … 682
1984 6 0 15 14 198 190 43 30 54 110 2 5 … 667
19853 5 1 26 14 219 193 26 28 63 113 6 10 … 704
1986 4 0 15 12 156 139 47 26 64 89 3 14 … 569
1987 5 0 14 20 174 204 44 30 73 78 0 2 … 644
1988 7 1 11 8 154 186 31 23 66 80 1 8 … 576
1989 5 1 16 18 215 175 43 22 67 86 2 7 … 657
1990 0 1 9 12 184 182 39 36 74 110 1 12 … 660
1991 10 2 21 17 181 245 42 21 84 128 0 3 … 754
1992 2 0 21 11 166 242 29 32 92 122 2 13 … 732
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 120 0 7 … 627
1994 4 1 19 15 126 192 29 24 66 113 3 4 … 596
1995 5 1 17 14 135 181 27 21 60 120 4 3 … 588
1996 7 1 18 9 154 187 45 32 53 125 0 4 … 635
1997 7 0 24 8 132 178 31 25 61 116 1 3 … 586
1998 7 1 24 5 137 156 33 33 64 90 3 5 … 558
1999 2 1 13 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 538
2000 6 3 15 10 150 156 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 546
2001 1 2 9 8 140 170 34 27 70 84 1 4 3 553
2002 2 1 9 9 118 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582
2003 5 1 8 8 99 178 43 41 64 94 1 4 3 549
2004 2 0 14 7 111 187 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 624
2005 11 0 20 9 100 219 49 43 108 101 1 0 2 663
2006r 7 1 16 7 93 196 39 42 95 108 0 0 2 606
2007 3 0 13 8 90 201 62 30 88 88 2 2 7 594