Table 3a
Homicides, by gang-related status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017


Table 3
Homicides, by gang-related status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Gang-related, 2017 and 2016, calculated using number, percent, rate and number of
total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Gang-relatedTable 3 Note 1
2017 2016Note r: revised
number percentTable 3 Note 2 rateTable 3 Note 3 number of
total homicides		 number percentTable 3 Note 2 rateTable 3 Note 3 number of
total homicides
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0.0 0.00 4 1 14.3 0.19 7
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0
Nova Scotia 1 4.8 0.10 21 3 23.1 0.32 13
New Brunswick 3 30.0 0.39 10 2 20.0 0.26 11
Quebec 15 16.1 0.18 93 19 29.2 0.23 67
Ontario 48 24.5 0.34 196 44 22.3 0.31 206
Manitoba 13 27.7 0.97 47 9 21.4 0.68 42
Saskatchewan 5 13.5 0.43 37 13 24.5 1.13 54
Alberta 32 27.1 0.75 118 20 18.3 0.47 116
British Columbia 44 37.3 0.91 118 29 33.7 0.61 88
Yukon 2 25.0 5.20 8 0 0.0 0.00 4
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 0.00 2 0 0.0 0.00 3
Nunavut 0 0.0 0.00 6 0 0.0 0.00 1
Canada 163 24.7 0.44 660 140 23.8 0.39 612
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1

A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or 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.

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Note 2

Excludes homicides where the gang-related status was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

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

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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. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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