Table 6
Police-reported firearm-related violent crime incidents, by gender and age group of victim and selected incident characteristics, urban and rural areas, Canada, 2012 to 2022


Table 6
Police-reported firearm-related violent crime incidents, by gender and age group of victim and selected incident characteristics, urban and rural areas, Canada, 2012 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported firearm-related violent crime incidents. The information is grouped by Selected incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, Unknown or not applicable, Total, Under 18, 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 and older, number and percent, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected incident characteristics Men Women Unknown or not applicableTable 6 Note 1 TotalTable 6 Note 1
Under 18 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 and older TotalTable 6 Note 1 Under 18 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 and older TotalTable 6 Note 2 number percent number percent
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Firearm-related crimes: urban areas
Relationship of accused to victim
Spouse or intimate partnerTable 6 Note 3 35 0 131 1 270 2 393 2 836 2 313 10 1,206 20 1,500 25 1,615 17 4,642 18 8 2 5,486 7
RelativeTable 6 Note 4 389 5 264 2 297 2 708 4 1,673 3 308 10 165 3 159 3 631 6 1,271 5 22 6 2,966 4
Friend or acquaintanceTable 6 Note 5 2,813 36 3,803 27 3,854 29 4,592 27 15,221 29 1,132 36 1,240 20 1,134 19 1,568 16 5,110 20 160 40 20,491 26
Stranger 4,626 59 10,049 71 8,857 67 11,617 67 35,485 67 1,412 45 3,558 58 3,227 54 5,897 61 14,188 56 207 52 49,880 63
Unknown 41 Note ...: not applicable 322 Note ...: not applicable 422 Note ...: not applicable 297 Note ...: not applicable 1,086 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable 14 Note ...: not applicable 28 Note ...: not applicable 22 Note ...: not applicable 66 Note ...: not applicable 14,149 Note ...: not applicable 15,301 Note ...: not applicable
Location of incident
Residential location 1,932 25 4,333 30 4,706 35 6,980 40 18,072 34 1,471 47 2,720 44 2,836 47 4,589 47 11,652 46 4,743 33 34,467 37
Commercial location 413 5 2,490 17 2,438 18 3,734 21 9,148 17 199 6 1,415 23 1,421 24 2,855 30 5,931 24 3,290 23 18,369 20
Restaurant or bar 72 1 488 3 577 4 653 4 1,803 3 40 1 310 5 281 5 355 4 987 4 426 3 3,216 3
Public institution 1,005 13 349 2 314 2 404 2 2,095 4 318 10 125 2 98 2 223 2 778 3 766 5 3,639 4
Transit bus, shelter or station 150 2 139 1 105 1 142 1 549 1 38 1 38 1 20 0 54 1 152 1 65 0 766 1
Street, park or other open area 4,279 55 6,618 46 5,387 40 5,580 32 22,138 41 1,055 34 1,521 25 1,333 22 1,601 17 5,560 22 5,087 35 32,785 35
Unknown 53 Note ...: not applicable 152 Note ...: not applicable 173 Note ...: not applicable 114 Note ...: not applicable 496 Note ...: not applicable 46 Note ...: not applicable 54 Note ...: not applicable 59 Note ...: not applicable 56 Note ...: not applicable 217 Note ...: not applicable 169 Note ...: not applicable 882 Note ...: not applicable
Clearance status
Cleared by charge 3,469 44 6,349 44 6,323 46 8,431 48 24,874 46 1,655 52 3,520 57 3,584 59 5,334 55 14,173 56 4,132 28 43,179 46
Cleared otherwise 793 10 450 3 460 3 804 5 2,523 5 374 12 212 3 243 4 537 6 1,375 5 1,202 8 5,100 5
Not cleared 3,642 46 7,770 53 6,917 50 8,372 48 26,904 50 1,138 36 2,451 40 2,221 37 3,862 40 9,729 38 9,212 63 45,845 49
Firearm-related crimes: rural areas
Relationship of accused to victim
Spouse or intimate partnerTable 6 Note 3 7 0 56 3 118 4 245 5 426 4 107 11 532 37 796 41 1,138 38 2,574 35 3 4 3,003 16
RelativeTable 6 Note 4 285 17 194 10 237 9 667 14 1,389 12 229 23 132 9 171 9 450 15 984 13 1 1 2,374 13
Friend or acquaintanceTable 6 Note 5 1,044 62 1,143 57 1,608 58 2,314 50 6,113 55 466 46 479 33 617 32 756 25 2,319 31 42 51 8,474 46
Stranger 344 20 625 31 814 29 1,425 31 3,212 29 201 20 303 21 335 17 644 22 1,487 20 37 45 4,736 25
Unknown 4 Note ...: not applicable 16 Note ...: not applicable 26 Note ...: not applicable 50 Note ...: not applicable 97 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable 1 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 5 Note ...: not applicable 11 Note ...: not applicable 6,013 Note ...: not applicable 6,121 Note ...: not applicable
Location of incident
Residential location 881 53 1,214 60 1,820 65 3,019 64 6,944 62 654 65 1,066 74 1,457 76 2,256 76 5,439 74 3,548 58 15,931 65
Commercial location 53 3 133 7 153 5 313 7 652 6 39 4 103 7 106 6 262 9 510 7 404 7 1,566 6
Restaurant or bar 8 0 39 2 39 1 99 2 185 2 8 1 37 3 41 2 70 2 156 2 76 1 417 2
Public institution 176 11 62 3 98 4 133 3 470 4 90 9 29 2 42 2 86 3 248 3 367 6 1,085 4
Transit bus, shelter or station 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 8 0
Street, park or other open area 556 33 581 29 682 24 1,119 24 2,942 26 210 21 206 14 269 14 308 10 994 14 1,667 27 5,603 23
Unknown 9 Note ...: not applicable 5 Note ...: not applicable 11 Note ...: not applicable 17 Note ...: not applicable 42 Note ...: not applicable 3 Note ...: not applicable 6 Note ...: not applicable 7 Note ...: not applicable 11 Note ...: not applicable 27 Note ...: not applicable 29 Note ...: not applicable 98 Note ...: not applicable
Clearance status
Cleared by charge 993 59 1,431 70 1,977 71 3,181 68 7,595 68 656 65 1,108 77 1,492 78 2,227 74 5,489 74 1,504 25 14,588 59
Cleared otherwise 394 23 187 9 246 9 531 11 1,358 12 171 17 112 8 142 7 328 11 753 10 931 15 3,042 12
Not cleared 297 18 416 20 580 21 989 21 2,284 20 178 18 227 16 288 15 438 15 1,133 15 3,661 60 7,078 29
Firearm-related crimes: Canada
Relationship of accused to victim
Spouse or intimate partnerTable 6 Note 3 42 0 187 1 388 2 638 3 1,262 2 420 10 1,738 23 2,296 29 2,753 22 7,216 22 11 2 8,489 9
RelativeTable 6 Note 4 674 7 458 3 534 3 1,375 6 3,062 5 537 13 297 4 330 4 1,081 9 2,255 7 23 5 5,340 5
Friend or acquaintanceTable 6 Note 5 3,857 40 4,946 30 5,462 34 6,906 31 21,334 33 1,598 38 1,719 23 1,751 22 2,324 18 7,429 23 202 42 28,965 30
Stranger 4,970 52 10,674 66 9,671 60 13,042 59 38,697 60 1,613 39 3,861 51 3,562 45 6,541 52 15,675 48 244 51 54,616 56
Unknown 45 Note ...: not applicable 338 Note ...: not applicable 448 Note ...: not applicable 347 Note ...: not applicable 1,183 Note ...: not applicable 4 Note ...: not applicable 15 Note ...: not applicable 31 Note ...: not applicable 27 Note ...: not applicable 77 Note ...: not applicable 20,162 Note ...: not applicable 21,422 Note ...: not applicable
Location of incident
Residential location 2,813 30 5,547 34 6,526 40 9,999 45 25,016 38 2,125 52 3,786 50 4,293 54 6,845 54 17,091 53 8,291 41 50,398 43
Commercial location 466 5 2,623 16 2,591 16 4,047 18 9,800 15 238 6 1,518 20 1,527 19 3,117 25 6,441 20 3,694 18 19,935 17
Restaurant or bar 80 1 527 3 616 4 752 3 1,988 3 48 1 347 5 322 4 425 3 1,143 4 502 2 3,633 3
Public institution 1,181 12 411 2 412 3 537 2 2,565 4 408 10 154 2 140 2 309 2 1,026 3 1,133 6 4,724 4
Transit bus, shelter or station 151 2 139 1 105 1 143 1 551 1 39 1 38 1 20 0 54 0 153 0 70 0 774 1
Street, park or other open area 4,835 51 7,199 44 6,069 37 6,699 30 25,080 39 1,265 31 1,727 23 1,602 20 1,909 15 6,554 20 6,754 33 38,388 33
Unknown 62 Note ...: not applicable 157 Note ...: not applicable 184 Note ...: not applicable 131 Note ...: not applicable 538 Note ...: not applicable 49 Note ...: not applicable 60 Note ...: not applicable 66 Note ...: not applicable 67 Note ...: not applicable 244 Note ...: not applicable 198 Note ...: not applicable 980 Note ...: not applicable
Clearance status
Cleared by charge 4,462 47 7,780 47 8,300 50 11,612 52 32,469 50 2,311 55 4,628 61 5,076 64 7,561 59 19,662 60 5,636 27 57,767 49
Cleared otherwise 1,187 12 637 4 706 4 1,335 6 3,881 6 545 13 324 4 385 5 865 7 2,128 7 2,133 10 8,142 7
Not cleared 3,939 41 8,186 49 7,497 45 9,361 42 29,188 45 1,316 32 2,678 35 2,509 31 4,300 34 10,862 33 12,873 62 52,923 45
All violent crimes: Canada
Relationship of accused to victim
Spouse or intimate partnerTable 6 Note 3 4,526 2 32,284 10 71,842 16 119,777 15 228,753 12 45,070 12 188,559 47 291,008 55 332,796 42 858,198 41 1,254 8 1,088,205 27
RelativeTable 6 Note 4 81,387 28 29,109 9 29,280 7 96,847 12 237,529 13 121,838 33 38,211 9 37,415 7 128,827 16 327,487 16 1,465 9 566,481 14
Friend or acquaintanceTable 6 Note 5 138,276 47 116,552 37 161,404 37 321,692 39 749,268 39 159,293 43 107,742 27 120,284 23 207,732 26 599,936 28 5,802 37 1,355,006 34
Stranger 70,679 24 139,131 44 174,825 40 283,084 34 682,065 36 48,095 13 70,924 17 77,377 15 123,432 16 324,786 15 7,049 45 1,013,900 25
Unknown 363 Note ...: not applicable 433 Note ...: not applicable 597 Note ...: not applicable 705 Note ...: not applicable 2,107 Note ...: not applicable 640 Note ...: not applicable 37 Note ...: not applicable 73 Note ...: not applicable 114 Note ...: not applicable 864 Note ...: not applicable 513,993 Note ...: not applicable 516,964 Note ...: not applicable
Location of incident
Residential location 126,507 43 128,869 41 197,113 45 415,996 51 875,377 47 228,085 63 267,464 67 369,889 71 566,802 72 1,435,986 69 318,777 62 2,630,140 59
Commercial location 12,318 4 40,609 13 51,673 12 94,288 12 201,663 11 12,821 4 27,380 7 32,253 6 56,252 7 129,912 6 60,300 12 391,875 9
Restaurant or bar 2,437 1 18,586 6 23,022 5 27,621 3 72,774 4 2,554 1 14,001 4 11,782 2 12,450 2 41,095 2 8,702 2 122,571 3
Public institution 66,490 23 23,033 7 38,117 9 65,142 8 197,005 10 60,674 17 17,400 4 27,005 5 48,539 6 155,608 7 49,825 10 402,438 9
Transit bus, shelter or station 4,519 2 5,109 2 6,807 2 15,167 2 32,945 2 4,008 1 5,399 1 4,922 1 7,232 1 22,067 1 3,234 1 58,246 1
Street, park or other open area 78,769 27 97,965 31 116,748 27 196,909 24 500,748 27 55,629 15 67,878 17 74,212 14 94,602 12 295,987 14 71,987 14 868,722 19
Unknown 4,191 Note ...: not applicable 3,338 Note ...: not applicable 4,468 Note ...: not applicable 6,982 Note ...: not applicable 19,210 Note ...: not applicable 11,165 Note ...: not applicable 5,951 Note ...: not applicable 6,094 Note ...: not applicable 7,024 Note ...: not applicable 30,616 Note ...: not applicable 16,738 Note ...: not applicable 66,564 Note ...: not applicable
Clearance status
Cleared by charge 102,843 35 129,687 41 210,747 48 369,211 45 831,389 44 155,224 41 227,104 56 317,583 60 432,404 55 1,138,559 54 69,691 13 2,039,639 45
Cleared otherwise 84,948 29 61,230 19 80,967 18 180,817 22 410,484 22 86,604 23 63,722 16 78,461 15 155,213 20 385,292 18 120,265 23 916,041 20
Not cleared 107,440 36 126,592 40 146,234 33 272,077 33 657,849 35 133,108 36 114,647 28 130,113 25 205,284 26 587,420 28 339,607 64 1,584,876 35
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

Includes incidents with no victim record and incidents where gender of victim was unknown.

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Note 2

Includes incidents where age of victim was unknown.

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Note 3

Includes spouses and partners (current or ex), boyfriends and girlfriends (current or ex) and other intimate relationships.

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Note 4

Includes family members other than spouses.

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Note 5

Includes friends, acquaintances, neighbours, roommates, business relations, criminal relations, authority figures, and reverse authority figures.

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Note: Firearm-related violent crimes include incidents where the most serious violation is a firearm-specific violent offence (pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm with intent, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence) and other violent crimes where the most serious weapon present in the incident was a firearm. The number of incidents represents the number of victims, in addition to incidents for which the police did not provide victim records. 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. 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
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