Table 5
Victims of violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, by province and territory, 2012

Table 5
Victims of violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, by province and territory, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of violent crime where a firearm was present. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Handgun, Rifle/shotgun, Other firearm, Firearm-like weapon and Total , calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Handgun Rifle/shotgun Other firearmNote 1 Firearm-like weaponNote 2 Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 16 21.3 25 33.3 3 4.0 31 41.3 75 100
Prince Edward Island 5 31.3 1 6.3 2 12.5 8 50.0 16 100
Nova Scotia 154 57.5 31 11.6 10 3.7 73 27.2 268 100
New Brunswick 68 37.8 62 34.4 7 3.9 43 23.9 180 100
Quebec ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ontario 1,525 68.4 235 10.5 66 3.0 402 18.0 2,228 100
Manitoba 138 35.4 97 24.9 22 5.6 133 34.1 390 100
Saskatchewan 94 25.7 115 31.4 16 4.4 141 38.5 366 100
Alberta 468 50.4 177 19.1 58 6.2 226 24.3 929 100
British Columbia 694 66.2 123 11.7 48 4.6 183 17.5 1,048 100
Yukon 2 33.3 1 16.7 0 0.0 3 50.0 6 100
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 12 70.6 1 5.9 4 23.5 17 100
Nunavut 2 3.8 29 55.8 4 7.7 17 32.7 52 100
Provincial and territorial total 3,166 56.8 908 16.3 237 4.3 1,264 22.7 5,575 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes fully automatic firearms and sawed-off rifles and/or shotguns.

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Note 2.

Includes all weapons that are capable of propelling any object through a barrel by means of gunpowder, CO2 (compressed carbon dioxide), or pumped air, such as flare guns, pellet guns, or starter's pistols. For UCR data, this category also includes all unknown types of firearms.

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Note: Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of incidents where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown. Percentage calculations exclude cases where the weapon is unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
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