Table 6
Gang-related homicides, by region, 2003 to 2013

Table 6
Gang-related homicides, by region, 2003 to 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Gang-related homicides. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, calculated using number of victims and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Atlantic Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan
number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1
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 1.17 2 0.20
2009 5 0.21 21 0.27 34 0.26 12 0.99 4 0.39
2010 5 0.21 19 0.24 22 0.17 5 0.41 10 0.95
2011 3 0.13 21 0.26 20 0.15 12 0.97 9 0.84
2012Note r: revised 4 0.17 25 0.31 23 0.17 5 0.40 8 0.74
2013 1 0.04 17 0.21 16 0.12 8 0.63 6 0.54
Table 6
Gang-related homicides, by region, 2003 to 2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Gang-related homicides. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Alberta, British Columbia, Territories and Canada, calculated using number of victims and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Alberta British Columbia Territories Canada
number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1 number of victims rateNote 1
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
2008 35 0.97 33 0.76 0 0.00 137 0.41
2009 13 0.35 35 0.79 0 0.00 124 0.37
2010 11 0.29 23 0.52 0 0.00 95 0.28
2011 16 0.42 14 0.31 0 0.00 95 0.28
2012Note r: revised 11 0.28 20 0.44 0 0.00 96 0.28
2013 10 0.25 27 0.59 0 0.00 85 0.24
r revised
Note 1.

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

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Note: A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that 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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