Table 14
Individuals accused of violent firearm-related crime, by age and gender and region, Canada, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020


Table 14
Individuals accused of violent firearm-related crime, by age and gender and region, Canada, 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Individuals accused of violent firearm-related crime. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), 2009 to 2014, 2015 to 2020, 2019 and 2020, calculated using average rate, percent, number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics 2009 to 2014 2015 to 2020 2019 2020
average rateTable 14 Note 1 percentTable 14 Note 2 average rateTable 14 Note 1 percent number rateTable 14 Note 3 percent number rateTable 14 Note 3 percent
Canada
Male accusedTable 14 Note 4 28 92 35 89 5,129 36 88 5,207 36 87
12 to 17 years 80 22 87 17 883 92 17 728 75 14
18 to 24 years 95 34 112 31 1,531 110 30 1,527 110 29
25 years and older 18 44 25 51 2,686 27 53 2,928 29 56
Female accusedTable 14 Note 4 2 8 4 11 689 5 12 746 5 13
12 to 17 years 5 16 9 13 75 8 11 91 10 12
18 to 24 years 8 32 15 30 221 17 32 220 17 30
25 years and older 2 52 3 57 392 4 57 434 4 58
Total accusedTable 14 Note 5 15 ... 19 ... 5,832 20 ... 5,955 20 ...
Urban
Male accusedTable 14 Note 4 25 93 31 89 3,874 32 89 3,893 32 88
12 to 17 years 74 23 84 18 702 87 18 622 76 16
18 to 24 years 89 37 103 33 1,222 101 32 1,204 100 31
25 years and older 15 40 22 49 1,936 23 50 2,060 24 53
Female accusedTable 14 Note 4 2 7 4 11 486 4 11 532 4 12
12 to 17 years 5 17 8 13 59 8 12 73 9 14
18 to 24 years 7 36 13 32 160 14 33 168 15 32
25 years and older 1 48 3 55 267 3 55 290 3 55
Total accusedTable 14 Note 5 13 ... 17 ... 4,374 18 ... 4,425 18 ...
Rural South
Male accusedTable 14 Note 4 31 91 37 88 661 37 86 712 40 87
12 to 17 years 73 18 61 11 76 64 12 52 43 7
18 to 24 years 84 24 118 26 157 113 24 184 133 26
25 years and older 24 58 32 63 419 33 64 473 36 67
Female accusedTable 14 Note 4 3 9 5 12 105 6 14 104 6 13
12 to 17 years 5 11 9 11 5 4 5 4 3 4
18 to 24 years 11 27 19 26 32 26 31 22 18 21
25 years and older 3 62 4 63 67 5 64 78 6 75
Total accusedTable 14 Note 5 17 ... 21 ... 766 22 ... 817 23 ...
Rural North
Male accusedTable 14 Note 4 95 89 126 87 594 138 86 602 139 85
12 to 17 years 220 21 242 16 105 306 18 54 155 9
18 to 24 years 270 28 360 27 152 389 26 139 361 24
25 years and older 72 51 108 58 331 116 56 395 138 67
Female accusedTable 14 Note 4 12 11 20 13 98 24 14 110 27 15
12 to 17 years 24 18 35 14 11 33 11 14 42 13
18 to 24 years 25 20 57 24 29 83 30 30 85 27
25 years and older 11 62 18 62 58 21 59 66 24 60
Total accusedTable 14 Note 5 55 ... 74 ... 692 82 ... 713 84 ...
... not applicable
Note 1

Average rates are calculated per 100,000 population and are based on the total count of accused over the time period divided by the sum of the populations for each year in the six–year time period.

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Note 2

For gender percent is of all accused excluding unknown gender: For age groups, percent is within each gender group, excluding accused where age is under 12 years or unknown.

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

Includes unknown age and accused under age 12. The option for police to code accused as gender diverse in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey was implemented in 2018. Given that small counts of accused persons identified as “gender diverse” may exist, the UCR aggregate data available to the public has been recoded to assign these counts to either “male” or “female”, in order to ensure the protection of confidentiality and privacy. Accused persons identified as gender diverse have been assigned to either male or female based on the regional distribution of the accused persons’ gender.

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Note 5

Includes accused persons where gender is unknown.

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Note: This table provides information on individuals accused in incidents of violent offences where a firearm was present whether or not a victim record was provided by police. Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of cases where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown. Rural police services are those where the majority of the population lives outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA). Urban police services are those where the majority of the population lives within a CMA or CA. See "Data sources and concepts" for further information. Rural North includes all rural police services in the Territories or in the Provincial North. Provincial North encompasses the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Rural South refers to rural police services in the southern regions of these provinces as well as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend file.
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