Table 5
Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by census metropolitan area, 2013

Table 5
Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by census metropolitan area, 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides, by shootings and stabbings. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), Shootings and Stabbings, calculated using number of victims, rate and percent of total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 Shootings Stabbings
number of victims rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3 number of victims rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3
St. John's 2 0.99 66.7 0 0.00 0.0
Halifax 2 0.49 33.3 2 0.49 33.3
Moncton 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable
Saint John 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.68 50.0
Saguenay 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable
Québec 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.13 33.3
Sherbrooke 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable
Trois-Rivières 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.65 100.0
Montréal 20 0.50 48.8 12 0.30 29.3
GatineauNote 4 1 0.31 20.0 2 0.62 40.0
OttawaNote 5 2 0.21 25.0 6 0.62 75.0
Kingston 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.61 100.0
Peterborough 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable
Oshawa 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.48 50.0
Toronto 28 0.47 35.9 28 0.47 35.9
Hamilton 5 0.68 35.7 5 0.68 35.7
St. Catharines–Niagara 2 0.45 40.0 0 0.00 0.0
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.19 12.5
Brantford 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.70 100.0
Guelph 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.00 Note ...: not applicable
London 2 0.40 22.2 2 0.40 22.2
Windsor 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.61 100.0
Barrie 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.00 0.0
Greater Sudbury 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.61 100.0
Thunder Bay 0 0.00 0.0 2 1.64 66.7
Winnipeg 3 0.37 11.5 14 1.75 53.8
Regina 1 0.43 11.1 6 2.56 66.7
Saskatoon 0 0.00 0.0 2 0.67 40.0
Calgary 3 0.22 12.5 16 1.16 66.7
Edmonton 4 0.31 15.4 12 0.93 46.2
Kelowna 2 1.08 66.7 1 0.54 33.3
Abbotsford–Mission 2 1.13 66.7 0 0.00 0.0
Vancouver 17 0.70 43.6 10 0.41 25.6
Victoria 0 0.00 0.0 1 0.28 100.0
CMA total 96 0.39 28.7 132 0.54 39.5
Non-CMA total 35 0.33 22.4 63 0.59 40.4
Canada 131 0.37 26.7 195 0.55 39.8
... not applicable
Note 1.

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major 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 central urban area, 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.

Homicides where the cause of death was unknown were excluded from the calculation of percentages.

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