Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by province or territory, 2015
Table 4Province or territory | Shootings | ||||||||
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2015 | 2014Note r: revised | Average 2005 to 2014 | |||||||
number of victims | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | number of victims | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | average number | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 0.19 | 33.3 | 1 | 0.19 | 50.0 | 2 | 0.39 | 43.5 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.37 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.14 | 25.0 |
Nova Scotia | 3 | 0.32 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.21 | 33.3 | 5 | 0.56 | 34.0 |
New Brunswick | 3 | 0.40 | 27.3 | 4 | 0.53 | 40.0 | 2 | 0.31 | 28.8 |
Quebec | 27 | 0.33 | 36.0 | 28 | 0.34 | 40.0 | 30 | 0.38 | 33.4 |
Ontario | 49 | 0.36 | 28.2 | 46 | 0.34 | 30.3 | 60 | 0.46 | 33.6 |
Manitoba | 7 | 0.54 | 15.6 | 4 | 0.31 | 9.1 | 9 | 0.76 | 18.6 |
Saskatchewan | 11 | 0.97 | 25.6 | 4 | 0.36 | 16.7 | 6 | 0.55 | 17.6 |
Alberta | 49 | 1.17 | 39.2 | 36 | 0.87 | 36.0 | 29 | 0.78 | 31.0 |
British Columbia | 26 | 0.56 | 29.9 | 27 | 0.58 | 31.4 | 33 | 0.75 | 37.1 |
Yukon | 1 | 2.67 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.29 | 9.1 |
Northwest Territories | 1 | 2.27 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.69 | 15.0 |
Nunavut | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.77 | 25.0 | 2 | 4.84 | 34.0 |
Canada | 178 | 0.50 | 30.5 | 155 | 0.44 | 30.6 | 178 | 0.53 | 31.3 |
Province or territory | Stabbings | ||||||||
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2015 | 2014Note r: revised | Average 2005 to 2014 | |||||||
number of victims | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | number of victims | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | average number | rateTable 4 Note 1 | percent of total homicidesTable 4 Note 2 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 2 | 0.38 | 66.7 | 1 | 0.19 | 50.0 | 1 | 0.23 | 26.1 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.68 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.14 | 25.0 |
Nova Scotia | 4 | 0.42 | 33.3 | 2 | 0.21 | 33.3 | 5 | 0.49 | 29.5 |
New Brunswick | 6 | 0.80 | 54.5 | 2 | 0.27 | 20.0 | 3 | 0.39 | 36.3 |
Quebec | 29 | 0.35 | 38.7 | 21 | 0.26 | 30.0 | 27 | 0.34 | 30.2 |
Ontario | 65 | 0.47 | 37.4 | 58 | 0.42 | 38.2 | 58 | 0.44 | 32.5 |
Manitoba | 20 | 1.55 | 44.4 | 25 | 1.95 | 56.8 | 21 | 1.72 | 42.0 |
Saskatchewan | 14 | 1.23 | 32.6 | 9 | 0.80 | 37.5 | 15 | 1.38 | 43.9 |
Alberta | 42 | 1.00 | 33.6 | 34 | 0.83 | 34.0 | 34 | 0.93 | 36.9 |
British Columbia | 28 | 0.60 | 32.2 | 32 | 0.69 | 37.2 | 27 | 0.62 | 30.6 |
Yukon | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 2 | 5.41 | 66.7 | 0 | 1.17 | 36.4 |
Northwest Territories | 3 | 6.80 | 60.0 | 1 | 2.27 | 50.0 | 1 | 1.84 | 40.0 |
Nunavut | 1 | 2.71 | 50.0 | 1 | 2.77 | 25.0 | 1 | 3.93 | 27.7 |
Canada | 214 | 0.60 | 36.6 | 189 | 0.53 | 37.4 | 193 | 0.57 | 34.0 |
r revised
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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