Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012

Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of number of homicides. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), n.l., p.e.i., n.s., n.b., que., ont., man., sask., alta., b.c., y.t., n.w.t., nvt., canada and difference in canada number from previous year, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.Note 1 Y.T. N.W.T.Note 2 Nvt. Canada Difference in Canada number from previous year
number
1982 6 0 12 13 190 184 35 39 70 109 2 7 Note ...: not applicable 667 19
1983 6 0 13 11 190 202 40 33 75 108 1 3 Note ...: not applicable 682 15
1984 6 0 15 14 198 190 43 30 54 110 2 5 Note ...: not applicable 667 -15
1985Note 3 5 1 26 14 219 193 26 28 63 113 6 10 Note ...: not applicable 704 37
1986 4 0 15 12 156 139 47 26 64 89 3 14 Note ...: not applicable 569 -135
1987 5 0 14 20 174 204 44 30 73 78 0 2 Note ...: not applicable 644 75
1988 7 1 11 8 154 186 31 23 66 80 1 8 Note ...: not applicable 576 -68
1989 5 1 16 18 215 175 43 22 67 86 2 7 Note ...: not applicable 657 81
1990 0 1 9 12 184 182 39 36 74 110 1 12 Note ...: not applicable 660 3
1991 10 2 21 17 181 245 42 21 84 128 0 3 Note ...: not applicable 754 94
1992 2 0 21 11 166 242 29 32 92 122 2 13 Note ...: not applicable 732 -22
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 120 0 7 Note ...: not applicable 627 -105
1994 4 1 19 15 126 192 29 24 66 113 3 4 Note ...: not applicable 596 -31
1995 5 1 17 14 135 181 27 21 60 120 4 3 Note ...: not applicable 588 -8
1996 7 1 18 9 154 187 45 32 53 125 0 4 Note ...: not applicable 635 47
1997 7 0 24 8 132 178 31 25 61 116 1 3 Note ...: not applicable 586 -49
1998 7 1 24 5 137 156 33 33 64 90 3 5 Note ...: not applicable 558 -28
1999 2 1 13 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 538 -20
2000 6 3 15 10 150 156 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 546 8
2001 1 2 9 8 140 170 34 27 70 84 1 4 3 553 7
2002 2 1 9 9 118 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582 29
2003 5 1 8 8 99 178 43 41 64 94 1 4 3 549 -33
2004 2 0 14 7 111 187 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 624 75
2005 11 0 20 9 100 219 49 43 108 101 1 0 2 663 39
2006 7 1 16 7 93 196 39 42 95 108 0 0 2 606 -57
2007 3 0 13 8 90 202 61 30 88 88 2 2 7 594 -12
2008 5 2 12 3 92 176 54 30 110 117 3 3 4 611 17
2009 1 0 15 12 88 178 57 36 95 118 2 2 6 610 -1
2010 4 0 21 9 84 189 45 34 77 83 1 1 6 554 -56
2011 4 1 22 8 105 161 53 38 109 87 0 3 7 598 44
2012 3 0 17 6 108 162 52 29 85 71 0 5 5 543 -55
... not applicable
Note 1.

As a result of 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.

Note 2.

Includes Nunavut prior to 1999.

Note 3.

Excludes 329 victims in the Air India incident.

Note: There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they become known to police and are reported to Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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