Table 7
Victims of firearm-related homicide, by census metropolitan area, Canada, 2011 and 2012

Table 7
Victims of firearm-related homicide, by census metropolitan area, Canada, 2011 and 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of firearm-related homicide. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2011, 2012 and Average 2002 to 2011, calculated using number, rate and percent of total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 2011 2012 Average 2002 to 2011
number rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3 number rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3 number rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3
Halifax 7 1.71 38.9 8 1.93 66.7 3 0.82 37.2
Saint John 0 0.00 0.0 2 1.36 100.0 0 0.21 23.1
Edmonton 13 1.09 28.9 14 1.14 43.8 11 1.00 32.7
Vancouver 15 0.62 38.5 20 0.81 58.8 21 0.93 45.3
London 3 0.60 33.3 4 0.80 50.0 1 0.25 19.7
Saskatoon 1 0.36 20.0 2 0.69 40.0 1 0.35 12.7
Saguenay 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.68 25.0 0 0.07 9.1
Toronto 35 0.60 41.7 38 0.65 48.7 44 0.82 48.0
GatineauNote 4 2 0.64 40.0 2 0.63 33.3 1 0.38 32.4
Winnipeg 8 1.01 20.5 5 0.62 16.7 7 0.90 24.7
Abbotsford-Mission 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.56 50.0 3 1.74 61.7
Montréal 19 0.48 37.3 20 0.50 43.5 19 0.51 35.5
Calgary 3 0.24 23.1 5 0.38 27.8 6 0.50 26.6
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.37 50.0 0 0.08 9.3
OttawaNote 5 3 0.32 27.3 3 0.31 42.9 3 0.33 29.1
Hamilton 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.27 33.3 2 0.21 16.9
Québec 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.26 33.3 0 0.03 4.9
Oshawa 0 0.00 ... 1 0.25 25.0 0 0.11 14.3
St. John's 3 1.59 75.0 0 0.00 ... 0 0.22 30.8
KelownaNote 6 1 0.55 50.0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.57 30.0
MonctonNote 6 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 0.0
Sherbrooke 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0
Trois-Rivières 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.07 8.3
Kingston 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 ... 0 0.13 11.1
PeterboroughNote 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.14 12.5
St. Catharines-Niagara 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.34 25.9
BrantfordNote 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 0.0
GuelphNote 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 0.0
Windsor 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.21 15.6
BarrieNote 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0
Greater Sudbury 0 0.00 ... 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.06 4.8
Thunder Bay 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.16 9.1
Regina 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.29 8.2
Victoria 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.18 14.6
Total, census metropolitan areas 113 0.47 30.2 132 0.54 39.3 128 0.58 34.2
Non-census metropolitan areas 45 0.43 23.2 40 0.38 22.3 52 0.49 26.8
Total, Canada 158 0.46 27.8 172 0.49 33.4 180 0.55 31.7
... not applicable
Note 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.

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Note 2.

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

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Note 3.

Percent calculations are based on the total number of homicides where the weapon was known.

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Note 4.

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.

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Note 5.

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.

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Note 6.

Moncton, Peterborough, Brantford, Guelph, Barrie, and Kelowna became CMAs in 2006. As such, the average number and rate are calculated from 2006 to 2011.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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