Table 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province and territory, 2017 and 2018


Table 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province and territory, 2017 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Firearm-related, 2018 and 2017, calculated using number, percent, rate, number of
total homicides and number of
total
homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Firearm-relatedTable 3a Note 1
2018 2017Note r: revised
number percentTable 3a Note 2 rateTable 3a Note 3 number of
total homicides		 number percentTable 3a Note 2 rateTable 3a Note 3 number of
total
homicides
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 50.0 0.19 2 0 0.0 0.00 4
Prince Edward Island 0 Note ...: not applicable 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nova Scotia 4 36.4 0.42 11 8 40.0 0.84 21
New Brunswick 5 38.5 0.65 13 5 55.6 0.65 10
Quebec 30 36.1 0.36 83 35 39.3 0.42 93
Ontario 120 48.4 0.84 266 84 43.8 0.60 197
Manitoba 6 11.3 0.44 55 13 28.3 0.97 47
Saskatchewan 12 37.5 1.03 34 10 26.3 0.87 38
Alberta 31 39.2 0.72 81 51 44.7 1.20 119
British Columbia 40 51.3 0.80 89 58 53.7 1.18 119
Yukon 0 0.0 0.00 3 2 33.3 5.05 8
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 0.00 6 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nunavut 0 0.0 0.00 8 1 16.7 2.66 6
Canada 249 40.5 0.67 651 267 42.2 0.73 666
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1

Includes fully automatic firearms, handguns (semi-automatic guns and revolvers), rifles, shotguns and sawed-off rifles/sawed-off shotguns and other firearm-like weapons (e.g., zip guns, flare guns, nail guns, pellet rifles/pistols, etc.).

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Note 2

Excludes homicides where the weapon used to kill the victim was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st, 2018 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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