Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2020 and 2021


Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2020 and 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2021, 2020, Difference from 2020 and Average between 2011-2020, calculated using population, number of victims, rate and percent change in rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaTable 2 Note 1 2021 2020Note r: revised Difference from 2020 Average between 2011-2020
population 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 6,481,576 117 1.81 105 1.62 12 11.2 98 1.61
Montreal 4,324,873 48 1.11 42 0.97 6 15.0 45 1.10
Vancouver 2,773,891 60 2.16 46 1.67 14 29.2 44 1.71
Calgary 1,560,212 22 1.41 38 2.46 -16 -42.6 28 1.94
Edmonton 1,484,741 51 3.43 48 3.26 3 5.4 41 3.00
OttawaTable 2 Note 3 1,120,699 15 1.34 10 0.90 5 48.6 12 1.17
Winnipeg 834,335 45 5.39 41 4.92 4 9.6 31 3.80
Quebec 827,978 5 0.6 7 0.85 -2 -29.0 4 0.55
Hamilton 779,099 20 2.57 18 2.31 2 11.1 11 1.48
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 611,493 2 0.33 8 1.32 -6 -75.2 6 1.06
London 558,298 16 2.87 8 1.45 8 98.2 7 1.42
Oshawa 516,411 13 2.52 7 1.42 6 77.1 4 0.85
100,000 to less than 500,000 population
St. Catharines–Niagara 484,840 6 1.24 5 1.04 1 19.3 4 0.87
Halifax 460,232 11 2.39 9 2.00 2 19.8 9 2.10
Victoria 414,610 5 1.21 6 1.47 -1 -17.7 4 1.00
Windsor 351,611 10 2.84 5 1.41 5 101.2 4 1.24
Saskatoon 344,568 8 2.32 14 4.09 -6 -43.3 9 2.86
GatineauTable 2 Note 4 344,444 3 0.87 7 2.04 -4 -57.4 4 1.25
Regina 264,377 15 5.67 12 4.54 3 25.0 8 3.44
Barrie 263,800 2 0.76 0 0.00 2 Note ...: not applicable 2 0.94
Kelowna 228,230 4 1.75 3 1.35 1 30.0 3 1.64
Sherbrooke 210,423 2 0.95 1 0.48 1 97.5 1 0.61
St. John's 209,936 4 1.91 2 0.95 2 99.6 2 1.17
Abbotsford–Mission 208,468 4 1.92 3 1.46 1 31.4 4 2.13
Kingston 173,845 4 2.30 3 1.72 1 33.6 2 0.90
Moncton 170,933 2 1.17 2 1.19 0 -1.9 2 1.10
Saguenay 170,570 1 0.59 0 0.00 1 Note ...: not applicable 1 0.53
Greater Sudbury 169,079 6 3.55 5 2.96 1 20.0 2 0.90
Trois-Rivières 162,772 0 0.00 2 1.24 -2 -100.0 2 0.96
Brantford 155,683 5 3.21 5 3.27 0 -1.8 3 1.79
Guelph 146,600 0 0.00 3 2.06 -3 -100.0 1 0.96
Saint John 132,057 1 0.76 1 0.76 0 -0.3 2 1.63
Peterborough 128,197 2 1.56 3 2.33 -1 -33.1 2 1.21
Lethbridge 127,831 1 0.78 2 1.57 -1 -50.3 1 1.30
Thunder Bay 124,347 7 5.63 9 7.15 -2 -21.3 7 5.46
Belleville 114,891 2 1.74 2 1.75 0 -0.3 1 2.40
CMA total 27,435,950 519 1.89 482 1.77 37 7.2 408 1.60
Non-CMA total 10,810,158 269 2.49 277 2.58 -8 -3.6 211 1.99
Canada 38,246,108 788 2.06 759 2.00 29 3.3 620 1.72
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
r revised
Note 1

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service. It is important to note that while official police-reported data on crime uses Statistics Canada's standard Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) names, the boundaries for the policing-based CMAs do not always fully align with the standard CMA geographic units used for disseminating information about the Census of Population.

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Note 2

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st, 2021 population estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.

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Note 3

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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Note 4

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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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. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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