Table 7
Homicides against police officers as a result of their profession, by region, 1961 to 2018


Table 7
Homicides against police officers as a result of their profession, by region, 1961 to 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides against police officers as a result of their profession. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, British Columbia, Territories and Total, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia
 Territories
 Total
number
1961 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
1962 0 4 3 0 4 0 11
1963 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1965 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
1966 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
1967 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
1968 0 2 3 0 0 0 5
1969 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
1970 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
1971 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
1972 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
1973 0 1 4 0 0 0 5
1974 2 1 0 1 2 0 6
1975 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1976 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
1977 0 2 2 2 0 0 6
1978 2 0 2 2 0 0 6
1979 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1980 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
1981 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
1982 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1983 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1984 0 1 6 0 0 0 7
1985 0 3 0 1 1 0 5
1986 0 3 0 1 0 0 4
1987 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
1988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
1991 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
1992 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
1994 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1995 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
1996 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1997 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1998 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1999 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2000 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2001 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
2002 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
2005 0 1 0 4 0 0 5
2006 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
2007 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2010 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2011 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2014 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
2015 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
2016 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2017 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2018 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 13 43 48 30 11 3 148
Note: The total count of a given year's number of homicides could include incidents that occurred in previous years. Homicides are allotted to the year in which they become known to or are deemed homicides by police, according to the date on the report submitted to Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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