Table 9
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2010 and 2011

Table 9
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2010 and 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of homicides. The information is grouped by census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2011, 2010 and annual average rate 2001 to 2011, calculated using number of victims and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census
metropolitan
areaNote 1		 2011 2010 Annual average rate
2001 to 2011
number of victims rateNote 2 number of victims rateNote 2 rateNote 2
Winnipeg 39 5.08 22 2.82 3.51
Halifax 18 4.41 11 2.72 1.92
EdmontonNote 3 50 4.17 32 2.72 3.07
Thunder Bay 4 3.33 5 4.16 1.86
Regina 7 3.15 8 3.68 3.67
Saint John 3 2.90 2 1.94 0.92
PeterboroughNote 4 3 2.44 2 1.64 0.83
Saskatoon 6 2.16 10 3.68 2.88
St. John's 4 2.12 2 1.07 0.67
London 9 1.80 9 1.82 1.30
Vancouver 43 1.77 36 1.51 2.43
Victoria 6 1.66 5 1.39 1.19
GatineauNote 5 5 1.60 1 0.33 1.15
Toronto 86 1.49 80 1.40 1.78
BrantfordNote 4 2 1.43 1 0.72 1.16
Montréal 54 1.38 50 1.29 1.53
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 7 1.32 4 0.76 0.90
OttawaNote 6 11 1.16 13 1.39 1.20
KelownaNote 4 2 1.10 3 1.66 2.06
Calgary 14 1.10 15 1.20 1.98
Hamilton 7 0.95 12 1.66 1.43
GuelphNote 4 1 0.79 0 0.00 0.66
Saguenay 1 0.69 0 0.00 0.74
Trois-Rivières 1 0.67 0 0.00 0.82
Abbotsford–MissionNote 7 1 0.56 4 2.28 2.98
Sherbrooke 1 0.53 1 0.53 0.36
BarrieNote 4 1 0.50 2 1.01 1.03
St. Catharines–NiagaraNote 7 2 0.45 4 0.90 1.42
Québec 3 0.40 6 0.80 0.62
Windsor 1 0.30 0 0.00 1.48
Kingston 0 0.00 3 1.87 1.67
Greater Sudbury 0 0.00 4 2.44 1.60
MonctonNote 4 0 0.00 3 2.20 1.20
Oshawa 0 0.00 6 1.51 1.18
Canada 598 1.73 554 1.62 1.83
1. A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around an urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the urban core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.
2. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
3. Includes three homicides committed in a detention centre in 2011.
4. Moncton, Kelowna, Peterborough, Barrie, Brantford and Guelph became CMAs in 2006. Average number and rate are calculated from 2006 to 2011.
5. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
6. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
7. Includes one homicide committed in a detention centre in 2011.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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