Table 5
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime who were injured, by weapon causing injuries and selected victim characteristics, urban and rural areas, Canada, 2012 to 2022


Table 5
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime who were injured, by weapon causing injuries and selected victim characteristics, urban and rural areas, Canada, 2012 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime who were injured. The information is grouped by Region and age group (appearing as row headers), Firearm, Other weapon, No weapon, Handgun, Rifle or shotgun, Other firearm type or type of firearm unknown and Total, calculated using number, average annual rate, percentage of victims and percentage of firearms units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region and age group Firearm Other weaponTable 5 Note 1 No weaponTable 5 Note 2
Handgun Rifle or shotgun Other firearm type or type of firearm unknown Total
number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims percentage of firearms number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims percentage of firearms number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims percentage of firearms number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims percentage of firearms number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims number average annual rateTable 5 Note 3 percentage of victims
Canada
All victimsTable 5 Note 4 8,879 2.9 100 49 3,176 1.0 100 18 5,924 1.9 100 33 17,979 5.8 100 100 281,470 91.3 100 994,315 322.5 100
Under 12 years 54 0.1 1 12 26 0.1 1 6 354 0.9 6 82 434 1.1 2 100 7,818 19.7 3 30,750 77.6 3
12 to 17 years 637 3.1 7 33 229 1.1 7 12 1,053 5.1 18 55 1,919 9.3 11 100 24,091 116.5 9 95,970 464.2 10
18 to 24 years 2,715 9.5 31 57 755 2.6 24 16 1,319 4.6 22 28 4,789 16.8 27 100 57,218 200.2 20 200,715 702.2 20
25 to 34 years 2,844 6.6 32 54 1,002 2.3 32 19 1,428 3.3 24 27 5,274 12.2 29 100 76,596 176.6 27 267,462 616.6 27
35 years and older 2,613 1.5 29 47 1,161 0.7 37 21 1,756 1.0 30 32 5,530 3.1 31 100 114,852 65.2 41 395,075 224.4 40
Male victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 7,345 4.8 83 52 2,278 1.5 72 16 4,502 2.9 76 32 14,125 9.2 79 100 185,993 121.7 66 435,609 285.0 44
Under 12 years 32 0.2 0 10 20 0.1 1 7 253 1.2 4 83 305 1.5 2 100 4,663 23.0 2 16,878 83.3 2
12 to 17 years 506 4.8 6 34 174 1.6 5 12 813 7.7 14 54 1,493 14.1 8 100 15,524 146.7 6 44,299 418.6 4
18 to 24 years 2,291 15.4 26 60 526 3.5 17 14 1,025 6.9 17 27 3,842 25.9 21 100 37,632 253.5 13 79,462 535.2 8
25 to 34 years 2,414 11.0 27 57 738 3.4 23 17 1,090 5.0 18 26 4,242 19.3 24 100 49,655 225.9 18 105,750 481.0 11
35 years and older 2,091 2.5 24 50 818 1.0 26 19 1,312 1.5 22 31 4,221 5.0 24 100 77,956 91.5 28 186,650 219.1 19
Female victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 1,529 1.0 17 40 892 0.6 28 23 1,402 0.9 24 37 3,823 2.5 21 100 94,958 61.1 34 556,028 357.8 56
Under 12 years 22 0.1 0 17 6 0.0 0 5 100 0.5 2 78 128 0.7 1 100 3,139 16.2 1 13,790 71.3 1
12 to 17 years 131 1.3 1 31 55 0.5 2 13 239 2.4 4 56 425 4.2 2 100 8,538 84.6 3 51,519 510.6 5
18 to 24 years 424 3.1 5 45 228 1.7 7 24 292 2.1 5 31 944 6.9 5 100 19,524 142.1 7 120,995 880.7 12
25 to 34 years 428 2.0 5 42 262 1.2 8 26 331 1.5 6 32 1,021 4.8 6 100 26,818 125.4 10 161,030 752.8 16
35 years and older 521 0.6 6 40 341 0.4 11 26 438 0.5 7 34 1,300 1.4 7 100 36,773 40.5 13 207,718 228.7 21
Urban areas
All victimsTable 5 Note 4 8,349 3.2 100 57 1,837 0.7 100 12 4,559 1.7 100 31 14,745 5.7 100 100 214,875 82.4 100 718,287 275.5 100
Under 12 years 46 0.1 1 17 9 0.0 0 3 221 0.7 5 80 276 0.8 2 100 5,502 16.5 3 21,171 63.6 3
12 to 17 years 594 3.4 7 39 111 0.6 6 7 804 4.6 18 53 1,509 8.7 10 100 18,677 107.9 9 68,293 394.4 10
18 to 24 years 2,607 10.5 31 63 459 1.8 25 11 1,096 4.4 24 26 4,162 16.8 28 100 43,508 175.2 20 143,676 578.6 20
25 to 34 years 2,703 7.1 32 62 608 1.6 33 14 1,078 2.8 24 25 4,389 11.5 30 100 57,516 150.2 27 190,677 497.8 27
35 years and older 2,383 1.6 29 54 647 0.4 35 15 1,347 0.9 30 31 4,377 3.0 30 100 88,787 60.4 41 290,202 197.4 41
Male victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 6,959 5.4 83 59 1,377 1.1 75 12 3,521 2.7 78 30 11,857 9.2 81 100 144,787 112.4 68 326,722 253.6 46
Under 12 years 27 0.2 0 14 8 0.0 0 4 163 1.0 4 82 198 1.2 1 100 3,271 19.2 2 11,931 70.1 2
12 to 17 years 480 5.4 6 41 86 1.0 5 7 618 7.0 14 52 1,184 13.4 8 100 12,391 139.8 6 33,303 375.7 5
18 to 24 years 2,215 17.2 27 65 327 2.5 18 10 864 6.7 19 25 3,406 26.5 23 100 29,443 228.8 14 60,016 466.4 8
25 to 34 years 2,303 11.9 28 64 475 2.5 26 13 841 4.3 19 23 3,619 18.7 25 100 38,085 196.6 18 78,807 406.8 11
35 years and older 1,923 2.7 23 56 479 0.7 26 14 1,026 1.5 23 30 3,428 4.8 23 100 61,041 86.3 29 140,132 198.1 20
Female victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 1,385 1.1 17 48 458 0.3 25 16 1,021 0.8 22 36 2,864 2.2 19 100 69,705 52.8 32 389,824 295.5 54
Under 12 years 19 0.1 0 25 1 0.0 0 1 57 0.4 1 74 77 0.5 1 100 2,222 13.7 1 9,194 56.5 1
12 to 17 years 114 1.3 1 35 25 0.3 1 8 186 2.2 4 57 325 3.8 2 100 6,262 74.1 3 34,901 412.9 5
18 to 24 years 392 3.3 5 52 131 1.1 7 17 230 1.9 5 31 753 6.3 5 100 14,027 117.2 7 83,529 698.2 12
25 to 34 years 398 2.1 5 52 133 0.7 7 17 231 1.2 5 30 762 4.0 5 100 19,350 102.2 9 111,543 589.3 16
35 years and older 459 0.6 6 49 168 0.2 9 18 315 0.4 7 33 942 1.2 6 100 27,679 36.3 13 149,702 196.2 21
Rural areas
All victimsTable 5 Note 4 530 1.1 100 16 1,339 2.8 100 41 1,365 2.9 100 42 3,234 6.8 100 100 66,595 140.1 100 276,028 580.8 100
Under 12 years 8 0.1 2 5 17 0.3 1 11 133 2.1 10 84 158 2.5 5 100 2,316 36.5 3 9,579 151.1 3
12 to 17 years 43 1.3 8 10 118 3.5 9 29 249 7.4 18 61 410 12.2 13 100 5,414 161.3 8 27,677 824.8 10
18 to 24 years 108 2.9 20 17 296 7.9 22 47 223 5.9 16 36 627 16.7 19 100 13,710 365.2 21 57,039 1,519.4 21
25 to 34 years 141 2.8 27 16 394 7.8 29 45 350 6.9 26 40 885 17.4 27 100 19,080 376.0 29 76,785 1,513.1 28
35 years and older 230 0.8 43 20 514 1.8 38 45 409 1.4 30 35 1,153 4.0 36 100 26,065 89.9 39 104,873 361.6 38
Male victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 386 1.6 73 17 901 3.8 67 40 981 4.1 72 43 2,268 9.4 70 100 41,206 171.6 62 108,887 453.4 40
Under 12 years 5 0.2 1 5 12 0.4 1 11 90 2.8 7 84 107 3.3 3 100 1,392 42.9 2 4,947 152.4 2
12 to 17 years 26 1.5 5 8 88 5.1 7 28 195 11.3 14 63 309 18.0 10 100 3,133 182.2 5 10,996 639.6 4
18 to 24 years 76 3.8 14 17 199 10.1 15 46 161 8.1 12 37 436 22.0 14 100 8,189 413.8 12 19,446 982.7 7
25 to 34 years 111 4.3 21 18 263 10.1 20 42 249 9.5 18 40 623 23.9 19 100 11,570 443.1 17 26,943 1,031.7 10
35 years and older 168 1.2 32 21 339 2.3 25 43 286 2.0 21 36 793 5.5 25 100 16,915 117.0 25 46,518 321.7 17
Female victimsTable 5 Note 5 Table 5 Note 6 144 0.6 27 15 434 1.8 33 45 381 1.6 28 40 959 4.1 30 100 25,253 107.4 38 166,204 706.9 60
Under 12 years 3 0.1 1 6 5 0.2 0 10 43 1.4 3 84 51 1.6 2 100 917 29.6 1 4,596 148.6 2
12 to 17 years 17 1.0 3 17 30 1.8 2 30 53 3.2 4 53 100 6.1 3 100 2,276 139.1 3 16,618 1,015.4 6
18 to 24 years 32 1.8 6 17 97 5.5 7 51 62 3.5 5 32 191 10.8 6 100 5,497 309.6 8 37,466 2,110.4 14
25 to 34 years 30 1.2 6 12 129 5.2 10 50 100 4.1 7 39 259 10.5 8 100 7,468 303.2 11 49,487 2,009.0 18
35 years and older 62 0.4 12 17 173 1.2 13 48 123 0.8 9 34 358 2.5 11 100 9,094 62.5 14 58,016 398.9 21
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

Includes, for example, knives and other cutting instruments, blunt instruments, ropes, fire, motor vehicles, or pepper sprays.

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Note 2

Includes injuries caused by physical force.

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Note 3

Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.

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Note 4

Total includes unknown gender.

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Note 5

Total includes age unknown.

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Note 6

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

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Note: Excludes data from Quebec due to the high proportion of unknown values for the "weapon causing injuries" variable. Excludes victims with injuries caused by an unknown weapon. Injuries were categorized as unknown in cases where the level of injury was unknown, even though weapons or physical force may have been used against the victim. Percent calculations by age groups exclude age unknown, but these are included in totals. 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
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