Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1984 to 2014

Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1984 to 2014. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canada and Difference in Canada number from previous year, calculated using number of victims units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.Note 1 Y.T. N.W.T.Note 2 Nvt. Canada Difference in Canada
number from
previous year
number of victims
1984 6 0 15 14 198 191 43 30 53 110 2 5 Note ...: not applicable 667 Note ...: not applicable
1985Note 3 5 1 26 14 219 193 26 28 63 113 6 10 Note ...: not applicable 704 37
1986 4 0 15 12 155 139 47 26 64 88 3 14 Note ...: not applicable 567 -137
1987 5 0 14 20 174 204 44 30 73 78 0 2 Note ...: not applicable 644 77
1988 7 1 11 8 154 186 30 23 66 80 1 8 Note ...: not applicable 575 -69
1989 5 1 16 19 213 175 42 22 67 85 2 7 Note ...: not applicable 654 79
1990 0 1 8 11 184 182 38 36 74 110 1 12 Note ...: not applicable 657 3
1991 10 2 21 17 180 245 42 21 83 129 0 3 Note ...: not applicable 753 96
1992 2 0 21 11 166 242 29 32 92 122 2 13 Note ...: not applicable 732 -21
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 119 0 7 Note ...: not applicable 626 -106
1994 4 1 19 14 126 192 29 24 66 113 3 4 Note ...: not applicable 595 -31
1995 5 1 17 13 135 181 26 21 60 121 4 3 Note ...: not applicable 587 -8
1996 7 1 18 9 154 187 45 32 51 125 0 4 Note ...: not applicable 633 46
1997 7 0 24 8 131 178 31 25 61 116 1 3 Note ...: not applicable 585 -48
1998 7 1 24 5 137 156 33 33 64 90 3 5 Note ...: not applicable 558 -27
1999 2 1 14 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 539 -19
2000 6 3 16 10 147 156 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 544 5
2001 1 2 9 8 140 170 34 26 69 84 1 4 3 551 7
2002 2 1 10 9 117 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582 31
2003 5 1 8 8 101 178 44 41 63 94 1 4 3 551 -31
2004 2 0 14 7 111 187 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 624 73
2005 11 0 21 10 100 219 49 42 108 101 1 0 2 664 40
2006 7 1 16 7 93 195 39 42 95 109 0 0 2 606 -58
2007 3 0 13 8 91 201 62 30 88 87 2 2 7 594 -12
2008 5 2 12 3 92 176 54 30 110 117 3 3 4 611 17
2009 1 0 15 12 87 179 57 36 96 117 2 2 6 610 -1
2010 4 0 22 9 85 189 45 33 76 83 1 1 6 554 -56
2011 4 1 22 8 105 161 53 38 112 88 0 3 7 602 48
2012 3 0 17 6 108 163 53 29 86 71 0 5 5 546 -56
2013 7 1 13 7 70 168 51 31 82 76 0 2 4 512 -34
2014 2 3 6 9 71 155 44 24 104 88 3 3 4 516 4
... not applicable
Note 1.

As a result of investigations in Port Coquitlam, B.C., there were 5 homicides reported in 2007, 5 reported in 2004, 7 reported in 2003, and 15 included in 2002 that occurred in previous years.

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Note 2.

Includes Nunavut prior to 1999.

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Note 3.

Excludes 329 victims in the Air India incident.

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Note: There may be a small number of homicides 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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