Table 5
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 1997 to 2007
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Year | Type of firearm | |||||||||||||
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Handgun | Rifle or shotgun | Fully automatic firearm | Sawed-off rifle or shotgun | Firearm-like weapons1 | Unknown type | Total | ||||||||
number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | Homicides involving firearms as a percent of total homicides | |
1. Firearm-like weapons include (nail gun, pellet gun, etc.). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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1997 | 99 | 51.3 | 77 | 39.9 | 2 | 1.0 | 10 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.6 | 193 | 32.9 |
1998 | 70 | 46.4 | 51 | 33.8 | 12 | 7.9 | 14 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.6 | 151 | 27.1 |
1999 | 89 | 53.9 | 58 | 35.2 | 6 | 3.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 4 | 2.4 | 165 | 30.7 |
2000 | 107 | 58.2 | 58 | 31.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 11 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.2 | 184 | 33.7 |
2001 | 110 | 64.3 | 46 | 26.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 7 | 4.1 | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 171 | 30.9 |
2002 | 98 | 64.5 | 40 | 26.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 6 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3.3 | 152 | 26.1 |
2003 | 110 | 68.3 | 32 | 19.9 | 2 | 1.2 | 13 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.5 | 161 | 29.3 |
2004 | 112 | 64.7 | 37 | 21.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 15 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.0 | 173 | 27.7 |
2005r | 130 | 58.3 | 59 | 26.5 | 7 | 3.1 | 11 | 4.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 15 | 6.7 | 223 | 33.6 |
2006r | 110 | 57.9 | 37 | 19.5 | 2 | 1.1 | 25 | 13.2 | 2 | 1.1 | 14 | 7.4 | 190 | 31.4 |
2007 | 126 | 67.0 | 32 | 17.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 17 | 9.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 5.3 | 188 | 31.6 |
Average 1997 to 2006 | 104 | 58.7 | 50 | 28.1 | 4 | 2.4 | 12 | 6.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 7 | 3.7 | 176 | 30.4 |
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