Table 3a
Firearm-related homicides, by province or territory, 2020 and 2021


Table 3a
Firearm-related homicides, by province or territory, 2020 and 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Firearm-related, 2021 and 2020, calculated using number, percent, rate, number of total homicides and number of total
homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Firearm-relatedTable 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2020 and 2021 Note 1
2021 2020Note r: revised
number percentTable 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2020 and 2021 Note 2		 rateTable 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2020 and 2021 Note 3		 number of total homicides number percentTable 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2020 and 2021 Note 2		 rateTable 3a
Homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2020 and 2021 Note 3		 number of total homicides
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 14.3 0.19 8 1 25.0 0.19 4
Prince Edward Island 0 Note ...: not applicable 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 1
Nova Scotia 12 57.1 1.21 23 24 66.7 2.44 37
New Brunswick 6 60.0 0.76 11 7 50.0 0.89 14
Quebec 30 34.1 0.35 88 23 27.1 0.27 87
Ontario 114 43.5 0.77 277 94 40.2 0.64 240
Manitoba 14 25.9 1.01 61 13 22.0 0.94 62
Saskatchewan 22 35.5 1.86 70 19 32.8 1.61 64
Alberta 42 38.5 0.95 118 58 43.9 1.31 141
British Columbia 52 49.1 1.00 125 38 44.2 0.74 100
Yukon 3 75.0 6.98 4 0 Note ...: not applicable 0.00 0
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 0.00 1 0 0.0 0.00 6
Nunavut 1 50.0 2.54 2 1 33.3 2.55 3
Canada 297 40.9 0.78 788 278 38.7 0.73 759
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
r revised
Note 1

Includes fully automatic firearms, handguns (semi-automatic guns and revolvers), rifles, shotguns and sawed-off rifles/sawed-off shotguns and other firearm-like weapons (e.g., zip guns, flare guns, nail guns, pellet rifles/pistols, etc.).

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Note 2

The calculation of percentages excludes homicides where the weapon used to kill the victim was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

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: 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. Percentages may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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