Table 7
Persons accused of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by age, gender and region, Canada, 2012 to 2022


Table 7
Persons accused of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by age, gender and region, Canada, 2012 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons accused of police-reported firearm-related violent crime. The information is grouped by Age and gender of accused, and region (appearing as row headers), 2022, 2021 and 2012 to 2021, calculated using number, percent, rate, percent change in rate from average for 2012 to 2012, percent change in rate from 2012 and average annual rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age and gender of accused, and region 2022 2021 2012 to 2021
number percent rate percent change in rate from average for 2012 to 2012 percent change in rate from 2012 number rate number average annual rate
Canada
All accused personsTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 2 7,693 100 23.1 16 31 7,090 21.7 61,399 19.8
12 to 17 years 1,482 19 60.2 38 45 995 41.3 10,179 43.5
18 to 24 years 1,957 26 58.9 2 10 1,904 59.2 18,743 58.0
25 to 34 years 2,101 27 39.3 18 64 2,062 39.7 16,368 33.4
35 years and older 2,113 28 9.5 25 42 2,091 9.6 15,648 7.6
Male accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 6,832 89 41.5 15 26 6,193 38.4 55,021 36.0
12 to 17 years 1,386 18 110.6 41 47 895 73.1 9,362 78.2
18 to 24 years 1,735 23 100.8 0 4 1,656 99.2 16,833 100.5
25 to 34 years 1,800 24 65.5 13 50 1,763 66.2 14,397 58.0
35 years and older 1,876 25 17.4 24 38 1,848 17.5 14,016 14.1
Female accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 844 11 5.0 25 88 883 5.4 6,299 4.0
12 to 17 years 92 1 7.6 8 39 100 8.5 805 7.1
18 to 24 years 219 3 13.7 13 75 243 15.7 1,884 12.1
25 to 34 years 295 4 11.4 40 188 293 11.6 1,960 8.1
35 years and older 234 3 2.1 34 84 243 2.2 1,616 1.5
Urban areas of the provinces
All accused personsTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 2 5,862 100 20.9 18 36 5,175 18.8 46,016 17.7
12 to 17 years 1,256 22 60.9 45 62 829 41.1 8,194 42.0
18 to 24 years 1,573 27 54.6 1 9 1,488 53.5 15,062 54.0
25 to 34 years 1,562 27 33.1 15 64 1,477 32.3 12,321 28.8
35 years and older 1,450 25 7.9 31 59 1,360 7.5 10,191 6.0
Male accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 5,250 90 37.9 17 30 4,552 33.6 41,491 32.5
12 to 17 years 1,177 20 112.2 48 63 748 72.9 7,581 75.9
18 to 24 years 1,418 24 95.0 1 4 1,304 90.4 13,603 94.3
25 to 34 years 1,344 23 55.6 10 47 1,274 54.4 10,924 50.4
35 years and older 1,295 22 14.6 30 53 1,211 13.9 9,169 11.2
Female accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 604 10 4.2 25 108 611 4.4 4,468 3.4
12 to 17 years 75 1 7.4 17 81 81 8.2 604 6.3
18 to 24 years 154 3 11.1 4 51 180 13.4 1,441 10.7
25 to 34 years 217 4 9.4 44 227 198 8.9 1,388 6.6
35 years and older 154 3 1.6 39 138 149 1.6 1,015 1.2
Southern rural areas
All accused personsTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 2 997 100 22.7 5 3 1,047 24.2 9,056 21.6
12 to 17 years 111 11 34.4 3 -16 69 21.9 1,033 33.2
18 to 24 years 197 20 55.6 -6 6 231 66.4 2,086 59.1
25 to 34 years 296 30 57.7 24 49 295 58.8 2,297 46.4
35 years and older 388 39 12.1 4 -2 445 14.1 3,536 11.7
Male accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 877 89 39.5 4 0 918 42.0 8,042 38.0
12 to 17 years 106 11 64.5 9 -12 65 40.5 941 59.0
18 to 24 years 162 16 87.4 -11 -5 206 112.9 1,835 98.5
25 to 34 years 248 25 92.3 18 33 245 93.4 1,998 78.2
35 years and older 356 36 22.3 6 1 396 25.1 3,169 20.9
Female accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 113 11 5.2 8 28 129 6.0 1,002 4.8
12 to 17 years 5 1 3.2 -46 -43 4 2.6 89 5.9
18 to 24 years 33 3 19.5 32 120 25 15.1 247 14.8
25 to 34 years 45 5 18.4 48 167 50 20.9 299 12.5
35 years and older 30 3 1.9 -21 -31 49 3.1 362 2.4
Northern rural areas and the Territories
All accused personsTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 2 834 100 101.3 29 62 868 106.7 6,327 78.7
12 to 17 years 115 14 145.8 17 6 97 126.0 952 125.0
18 to 24 years 187 23 220.2 19 42 185 221.4 1,595 185.7
25 to 34 years 243 30 206.4 42 150 290 247.9 1,750 145.4
35 years and older 275 34 50.8 38 84 286 53.4 1,921 36.9
Male accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 705 85 167.9 26 56 723 174.1 5,488 133.5
12 to 17 years 103 13 257.2 20 12 82 209.0 840 215.0
18 to 24 years 155 19 350.1 13 24 146 334.5 1,395 308.5
25 to 34 years 208 25 338.9 41 147 244 401.3 1,475 239.6
35 years and older 225 28 82.0 30 69 241 88.8 1,678 63.3
Female accusedTable 7 Note 1 Table 7 Note 3 127 15 31.5 49 109 143 35.9 829 21.1
12 to 17 years 12 1 30.9 2 -20 15 39.8 112 30.2
18 to 24 years 32 4 78.7 63 330 38 95.2 196 48.2
25 to 34 years 33 4 58.5 26 117 45 80.1 273 46.4
35 years and older 50 6 18.7 100 233 45 17.0 239 9.3
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

Includes accused persons whose age was unknown or not specified.

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Note 2

Includes accused persons whose gender was unknown or not specified.

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Note 3

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: Includes persons accused of violent offences in which a firearm was present, whether or not the police provided a victim record. 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. Provincial North encompasses the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia (North and South ― Variant of Standard Geographical Classification 2021). Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
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