Table 1A
Number of homicides, by province and territory, 1990 to 2020


Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province and territory, 1990 to 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of homicides. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), N.L., P.E.I., N.S., N.B., Que., Ont., Man., Sask., Alta., B.C., Y.T., N.W.T., Nvt., Canada and Difference in Canada number from previous year, calculated using number of victims units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.Table 1a Note 1 Y.T. N.W.T.Table 1a Note 2 Nvt. Canada Difference in Canada number from previous year
number of victims
1990 0 1 8 11 184 182 38 36 74 110 1 12 Note ...: not applicable 657 Note ...: not applicable
1991 10 2 21 17 180 246 42 21 83 129 0 3 Note ...: not applicable 754 97
1992 2 0 21 11 166 243 29 32 92 122 2 14 Note ...: not applicable 734 -20
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 119 0 7 Note ...: not applicable 626 -108
1994 4 1 19 14 126 193 29 24 66 113 3 4 Note ...: not applicable 596 -30
1995 5 1 17 13 135 181 26 21 60 121 4 3 Note ...: not applicable 587 -9
1996 7 1 18 9 154 188 46 32 51 125 0 4 Note ...: not applicable 635 48
1997 7 0 24 8 131 179 31 25 61 117 1 3 Note ...: not applicable 587 -48
1998 7 1 24 5 137 157 33 33 64 90 3 5 Note ...: not applicable 559 -28
1999 2 1 14 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 539 -20
2000 6 3 16 10 147 158 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 546 7
2001 1 2 9 8 140 171 34 26 69 85 1 4 3 553 7
2002 2 1 10 9 117 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582 29
2003 5 1 8 8 101 178 44 41 63 94 1 4 3 551 -31
2004 2 0 14 7 111 188 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 625 74
2005 11 0 21 10 100 219 49 42 108 101 1 0 2 664 39
2006 7 1 16 7 93 195 40 42 95 110 0 0 2 608 -56
2007 3 0 13 8 91 202 62 30 89 88 2 2 7 597 -11
2008 5 2 12 3 92 176 54 31 111 118 3 3 4 614 17
2009 1 0 15 12 87 179 57 36 97 117 2 2 6 611 -3
2010 4 0 22 9 86 189 45 34 77 83 1 1 6 557 -54
2011 4 1 22 8 105 163 54 38 115 88 0 3 7 608 51
2012 2 0 17 6 108 163 54 29 87 72 0 5 5 548 -60
2013 7 1 13 7 70 168 51 31 81 74 0 2 4 509 -39
2014 2 3 6 10 72 156 45 24 107 89 3 3 4 524 15
2015 3 1 12 11 79 174 48 45 133 96 1 6 2 611 87
2016 7 0 13 11 67 206 42 56 116 90 4 3 1 616 5
2017 4 2 21 10 93 198 47 38 119 119 8 2 6 667 51
2018 2 0 11 13 84 272 55 35 81 90 3 6 8 660 -7
2019 5 2 6 17 77 253 72 55 100 90 1 2 7 687 27
2020 4 1 35 14 87 234 62 60 139 98 0 6 3 743 56
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

As a result of investigations in Port Coquitlam, B.C., there were 5 homicides reported in 2007, 5 reported in 2004, 7 reported in 2003, and 15 included in 2002 that occurred in previous years.

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Note 2

Includes Nunavut prior to 1999.

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Note: There may be a small number of homicides 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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