Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2013 and 2014

Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2013 and 2014. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2014 population, 2014, 2013 and Average 2004 to 2013, calculated using number, number of victims and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 2014 population 2014 2013Note r: revised Average 2004 to 2013
number number of victims rateNote 2 number of victims rateNote 2 number of victims rateNote 2
Thunder Bay 121,616 11 9.04 3 2.46 3 2.61
Winnipeg 790,995 26 3.29 27 3.37 29 3.91
EdmontonNote 3 1,328,780 40 3.01 27 2.10 37 3.18
Saskatoon 306,605 8 2.61 5 1.68 7 2.72
Saint John 127,730 3 2.35 2 1.37 2 1.17
Abbotsford–Mission 178,919 4 2.24 3 1.69 4 2.60
Calgary 1,415,000 31 2.19 24 1.75 24 1.98
Regina 239,630 5 2.09 10 4.28 8 3.66
MonctonNote 4 154,460 3 1.94 0 0.00 1 0.73
Trois-Rivières 154,975 3 1.94 1 0.65 1 0.87
Vancouver 2,470,942 46 1.86 42 1.72 50 2.19
KelownaNote 4 190,015 3 1.58 3 1.61 3 1.82
GuelphNote 4 129,079 2 1.55 0 0.00 1 0.61
Toronto 5,997,063 83 1.38 80 1.35 93 1.68
GatineauNote 5 325,403 4 1.23 5 1.55 4 1.26
Hamilton 744,618 9 1.21 15 2.04 9 1.30
Halifax 414,370 5 1.21 6 1.46 10 2.54
Victoria 358,930 4 1.11 1 0.28 4 1.13
MontréalNote 6 4,032,173 39 0.97 43 1.08 51 1.34
Windsor 329,886 3 0.91 2 0.61 4 1.09
St. Catharines–Niagara 446,192 4 0.90 6 1.35 5 1.22
PeterboroughNote 4 122,197 1 0.82 0 0.00 1 1.04
OttawaNote 7 986,863 7 0.71 9 0.92 11 1.22
Greater Sudbury 165,175 1 0.61 1 0.61 2 1.22
LondonNote 6 504,599 3 0.59 10 2.00 7 1.46
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 538,302 3 0.56 8 1.50 5 1.04
Québec 793,352 4 0.50 3 0.38 5 0.61
St. John's 204,427 1 0.49 3 1.47 2 0.79
BarrieNote 4 210,592 1 0.47 3 1.44 2 1.00
Oshawa 418,279 0 0.00 4 0.97 4 0.92
BrantfordNote 4 143,909 0 0.00 1 0.70 1 0.99
KingstonNote 6 165,319 0 0.00 1 0.61 2 1.07
Saguenay 167,708 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.85
Sherbrooke 196,621 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.39
CMA total 24,874,724 357 1.44 348 1.42 392 1.71
Non-CMA totalNote 3, Note 8 10,665,695 159 1.49 164 1.55 201 1.90
Canada 35,540,419 516 1.45 512 1.46 592 1.77
r revised
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.

Includes two homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2013.

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Note 4.

Moncton, Peterborough, Brantford, Guelph, Barrie, and Kelowna became CMAs in 2006. As such, the average number and rate are calculated from 2006 to 2013.

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Note 5.

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

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Note 6.

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2013.

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Note 7.

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

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Note 8.

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2014.

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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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