Table 4
Victims of violent crime, by type of weapon, by province and territory, 2012
Province or territory | Firearm | Other weaponNote 1 | No weaponNote 2 | Unknown | Total | ||||||
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number | percent | rateNote 3 | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 75 | 1.2 | 14.6 | 970 | 15.1 | 5,362 | 83.7 | 151 | ... | 6,558 | 100 |
Prince Edward Island | 16 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 145 | 10.2 | 1,256 | 88.6 | 20 | ... | 1,437 | 100 |
Nova Scotia | 268 | 2.4 | 28.2 | 1,573 | 14.0 | 9,378 | 83.6 | 85 | ... | 11,304 | 100 |
New Brunswick | 180 | 1.8 | 23.8 | 1,169 | 11.9 | 8,464 | 86.3 | 163 | ... | 9,976 | 100 |
Quebec | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ontario | 2,228 | 2.1 | 16.6 | 17,257 | 16.1 | 87,986 | 81.9 | 1,951 | ... | 109,422 | 100 |
Manitoba | 390 | 1.9 | 31.6 | 4,532 | 21.6 | 16,053 | 76.5 | 981 | ... | 21,956 | 100 |
Saskatchewan | 366 | 1.8 | 34.3 | 4,073 | 19.9 | 15,987 | 78.3 | 895 | ... | 21,321 | 100 |
Alberta | 929 | 2.1 | 23.9 | 7,549 | 16.7 | 36,679 | 81.2 | 2,072 | ... | 47,229 | 100 |
British Columbia | 1,048 | 2.0 | 22.7 | 9,425 | 18.3 | 40,970 | 79.6 | 953 | ... | 52,396 | 100 |
Yukon | 6 | 0.5 | 16.6 | 185 | 15.7 | 987 | 83.8 | 74 | ... | 1,252 | 100 |
Northwest Territories | 17 | 0.6 | 39.2 | 322 | 11.1 | 2,575 | 88.4 | 160 | ... | 3,074 | 100 |
Nunavut | 52 | 1.8 | 154.3 | 389 | 13.5 | 2,443 | 84.7 | 122 | ... | 3,006 | 100 |
Provincial and territorial total | 5,575 | 2.0 | 20.9 | 47,589 | 16.9 | 228,140 | 81.1 | 7,627 | ... | 288,931 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |
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