Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2019 and 2020
Census metropolitan areaTable 2 Note 1 | 2020 population count | 2020 | 2019Note r: revised | Difference from 2019 | Average 2010 to 2019 | ||||
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number | number of victims | rateTable 2 Note 2 | number of victims | rateTable 2 Note 2 | number of victims | percent change in rate | number of victims | rateTable 2 Note 2 | |
500,000 and over population | |||||||||
Toronto | 6,466,473 | 105 | 1.62 | 130 | 2.03 | -25 | -20.1 | 96 | 1.59 |
Montreal | 4,347,799 | 42 | 0.97 | 45 | 1.04 | -3 | -7.3 | 46 | 1.14 |
Vancouver | 2,738,508 | 45 | 1.64 | 41 | 1.51 | 4 | 8.5 | 43 | 1.70 |
Calgary | 1,544,404 | 39 | 2.53 | 24 | 1.57 | 15 | 60.7 | 25 | 1.81 |
Edmonton | 1,472,417 | 47 | 3.19 | 32 | 2.21 | 15 | 44.4 | 39 | 2.93 |
OttawaTable 2 Note 3 | 1,106,990 | 10 | 0.90 | 13 | 1.20 | -3 | -24.4 | 12 | 1.22 |
Winnipeg | 832,017 | 41 | 4.93 | 44 | 5.32 | -3 | -7.4 | 29 | 3.60 |
Québec | 823,507 | 7 | 0.85 | 5 | 0.61 | 2 | 38.8 | 4 | 0.56 |
Hamilton | 777,113 | 18 | 2.32 | 14 | 1.83 | 4 | 26.7 | 10 | 1.40 |
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo | 605,232 | 8 | 1.32 | 5 | 0.84 | 3 | 56.9 | 6 | 1.00 |
London | 553,218 | 7 | 1.27 | 5 | 0.92 | 2 | 37.8 | 7 | 1.45 |
100,000 to less than 500,000 population | |||||||||
Oshawa | 498,011 | 7 | 1.41 | 4 | 0.84 | 3 | 66.8 | 4 | 0.85 |
St. Catharines–Niagara | 481,727 | 5 | 1.04 | 6 | 1.25 | -1 | -17.3 | 4 | 0.86 |
Halifax | 448,518 | 7 | 1.56 | 3 | 0.68 | 4 | 128.6 | 9 | 2.20 |
Victoria | 409,282 | 6 | 1.47 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 195.7 | 4 | 0.99 |
Windsor | 356,114 | 5 | 1.40 | 6 | 1.70 | -1 | -17.5 | 4 | 1.10 |
GatineauTable 2 Note 4 | 342,855 | 7 | 2.04 | 3 | 0.88 | 4 | 130.7 | 3 | 1.05 |
Saskatoon | 341,213 | 14 | 4.10 | 16 | 4.77 | -2 | -13.9 | 9 | 2.83 |
Regina | 264,201 | 12 | 4.54 | 8 | 3.05 | 4 | 48.7 | 8 | 3.34 |
Barrie | 259,730 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.18 | -3 | -100.0 | 2 | 1.06 |
Kelowna | 221,641 | 3 | 1.35 | 1 | 0.46 | 2 | 194.2 | 3 | 1.68 |
St. John's | 209,163 | 2 | 0.96 | 4 | 1.91 | -2 | -50.0 | 2 | 1.17 |
Sherbrooke | 207,799 | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.49 | 0 | -1.4 | 1 | 0.61 |
Abbotsford–Mission | 204,563 | 3 | 1.47 | 1 | 0.49 | 2 | 197.3 | 4 | 2.22 |
Kingston | 173,740 | 3 | 1.73 | 3 | 1.74 | 0 | -0.8 | 2 | 0.91 |
Saguenay | 170,190 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | Note ...: not applicable | 1 | 0.54 |
Greater Sudbury | 168,927 | 5 | 2.96 | 3 | 1.78 | 2 | 66.3 | 1 | 0.84 |
Moncton | 167,142 | 2 | 1.20 | 5 | 3.04 | -3 | -60.6 | 2 | 1.12 |
Trois-Rivières | 161,284 | 2 | 1.24 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | Note ...: not applicable | 1 | 0.84 |
Brantford | 152,748 | 4 | 2.62 | 4 | 2.66 | 0 | -1.4 | 2 | 1.53 |
Guelph | 145,379 | 3 | 2.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | Note ...: not applicable | 1 | 0.75 |
Saint John | 131,518 | 1 | 0.76 | 3 | 2.29 | -2 | -66.8 | 2 | 1.69 |
Peterborough | 129,126 | 3 | 2.32 | 1 | 0.78 | 2 | 198.4 | 1 | 1.13 |
Thunder Bay | 125,905 | 8 | 6.35 | 7 | 5.57 | 1 | 14.1 | 6 | 5.15 |
Lethbridge | 125,785 | 2 | 1.59 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Belleville | 114,417 | 2 | 1.75 | 4 | 3.55 | -2 | -50.7 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
CMA totalTable 2 Note 5 | 27,278,656 | 476 | 1.74 | 446 | 1.65 | 30 | 5.4 | 396 | 1.58 |
Non-CMA totalTable 2 Note 6 | 10,726,582 | 267 | 2.49 | 241 | 2.26 | 26 | 9.9 | 203 | 1.92 |
Canada | 38,005,238 | 743 | 1.95 | 687 | 1.83 | 56 | 7.0 | 599 | 1.68 |
... not applicable 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero r revised
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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