Table 9
Police-reported violent crime rates, by victim age group and sex, province or territory and North/South region, Canada, 2017


Table 9
Police-reported violent crime rates, by victim age group and sex, province or territory and North/South region, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported violent crime rates. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Young women and girls (aged 0 to 24), Adult women (aged 25 to 89), Young men and boys (aged 0 to 24), Adult men (aged 25 to 89), Total victims (aged 0 to 89), North and South, calculated using rate per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Young women and girls
(aged 0 to 24)		 Adult women
(aged 25 to 89)		 Young men and boys
(aged 0 to 24)		 Adult men
(aged 25 to 89)		 Total victims
(aged 0 to 89)
North South North South North South North South North South
rate per 100,000 population
Provinces overall 3,391 1,235 2,255 779 2,008 954 1,881 791 2,254 872
Newfoundland and Labrador 6,153 1,351 4,148 761 2,602 1,059 3,331 783 3,936 878
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable 1,155 Note ...: not applicable 710 Note ...: not applicable 993 Note ...: not applicable 675 Note ...: not applicable 801
Nova Scotia Note ...: not applicable 1,776 Note ...: not applicable 852 Note ...: not applicable 1,178 Note ...: not applicable 830 Note ...: not applicable 1,005
New Brunswick Note ...: not applicable 1,730 Note ...: not applicable 958 Note ...: not applicable 1,224 Note ...: not applicable 951 Note ...: not applicable 1,088
Quebec 2,279 1,399 1,106 811 1,606 1,032 1,140 812 1,328 919
Ontario 2,734 1,000 1,431 627 1,573 843 1,257 629 1,563 713
Manitoba 9,025 1,827 10,723 1,191 5,222 1,221 7,934 1,178 8,307 1,289
Saskatchewan 13,886 2,158 17,829 1,311 7,951 1,393 12,518 1,195 13,071 1,414
Alberta 2,460 1,272 2,493 980 1,535 997 1,975 946 2,135 1,014
British Columbia 2,316 1,014 1,803 739 1,343 823 1,611 861 1,738 830
Territories overall 7,232 Note ...: not applicable 7,635 Note ...: not applicable 3,272 Note ...: not applicable 5,379 Note ...: not applicable 6,002 Note ...: not applicable
Yukon 4,356 Note ...: not applicable 3,493 Note ...: not applicable 1,884 Note ...: not applicable 2,945 Note ...: not applicable 3,172 Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories 8,909 Note ...: not applicable 9,398 Note ...: not applicable 4,077 Note ...: not applicable 6,672 Note ...: not applicable 7,448 Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut 7,491 Note ...: not applicable 10,942 Note ...: not applicable 3,438 Note ...: not applicable 6,777 Note ...: not applicable 7,170 Note ...: not applicable
Canada 3,643 1,235 2,521 779 2,090 954 2,059 791 2,460 872
... not applicable
Note: Victim age group is based on the age of the victim at the time of the incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The North includes the three territories as well as the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, based on a geographical definition used by the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for the North. The South includes the southern regions of these provinces in addition to all of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown or older than 89 years.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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