Table 7
Number of gang-related homicides, by region, 2002 to 2012

Table 7
Number of gang-related homicides, by region, 2002 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of number of gang-related homicides. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), atlantic , quebec, ontario, manitoba and saskatchewan, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
2002 0 0.00 7 0.09 19 0.16 4 0.35 0 0.00
2003 1 0.04 15 0.20 38 0.31 6 0.52 4 0.40
2004 0 0.00 18 0.24 17 0.14 5 0.43 4 0.40
2005 1 0.04 24 0.32 31 0.25 5 0.42 5 0.50
2006 1 0.04 23 0.30 27 0.21 7 0.59 9 0.91
2007 2 0.09 22 0.29 29 0.23 11 0.92 9 0.90
2008 1 0.04 21 0.27 31 0.24 14 1.16 2 0.20
2009 5 0.21 21 0.27 34 0.26 12 0.98 4 0.39
2010 5 0.21 19 0.24 22 0.17 5 0.40 10 0.96
2011 3 0.13 21 0.26 20 0.15 12 0.96 9 0.85
2012 4 0.17 25 0.31 23 0.17 5 0.39 8 0.74
Table 7 (continued)
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 8 (continued). The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), alberta, british columbia, territories and canada, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Alberta British Columbia Territories Canada
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
2002 9 0.29 7 0.17 0 0.00 46 0.15
2003 8 0.25 12 0.29 0 0.00 84 0.27
2004 14 0.43 16 0.39 0 0.00 74 0.23
2005 23 0.69 16 0.38 0 0.00 105 0.33
2006 22 0.64 13 0.31 0 0.00 102 0.31
2007 20 0.57 24 0.56 1 0.93 118 0.36
2008Note r: revised 35 0.97 33 0.75 0 0.00 137 0.41
2009 13 0.35 35 0.78 0 0.00 124 0.37
2010 11 0.30 23 0.51 0 0.00 95 0.28
2011 16 0.42 14 0.31 0 0.00 95 0.28
2012 11 0.28 19 0.41 0 0.00 95 0.27
r revised
Note 1.

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

Note: A homicide is classified as gang-related when the accused person and/or the victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association. Prior to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related". Beginning in 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was: (a) confirmed as gang-related or (b) "suspected" as being gang-related. As such, figures may be underestimated prior to 2005 due to "suspected" gang-related incidents that were excluded from the figures.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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