Table 5A
Homicides by gang-related status and province or territory, 2019 and 2020


Table 5a
Homicides by gang-related status and province or territory, 2019 and 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides by gang-related status and province or territory. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Gang-related, 2020 and 2019, calculated using number, percent, rate and number of total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Gang-relatedTable 5a Note 1
2020 2019Note r: revised
number percentTable 5a Note 2 rateTable 5a Note 3 number of total homicides number percentTable 5a Note 2 rateTable 5a Note 3 number of total homicides
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 25.0 0.19 4 1 20.0 0.19 5
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0 0.00 1 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nova Scotia 0 0.0 0.00 35 0 0.0 0.00 6
New Brunswick 0 0.0 0.00 14 3 17.6 0.39 17
Quebec 15 17.2 0.17 87 21 27.3 0.25 77
Ontario 52 22.2 0.35 234 60 23.9 0.41 253
Manitoba 5 8.1 0.36 62 11 15.3 0.80 72
Saskatchewan 20 33.9 1.70 60 18 32.7 1.54 55
Alberta 29 20.9 0.66 139 24 24.2 0.55 100
British Columbia 26 26.5 0.51 98 24 26.7 0.47 90
Yukon 0 Note ...: not applicable 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 1
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 0.00 6 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nunavut 0 0.0 0.00 3 0 0.0 0.00 7
Canada 148 19.9 0.39 743 162 23.7 0.43 687
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
r revised
Note 1

A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association.

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Note 2

Excludes homicides where the gang-related status was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st, 2020 population estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.

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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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