Table 8
Percentage of accused individuals charged in firearm-related violent crimes, by age, gender and region, Canada, 2012 to 2022


Table 8
Percentage of accused individuals charged in firearm-related violent crimes, by age, gender and region, Canada, 2012 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of accused individuals charged in firearm-related violent crimes. The information is grouped by Age and gender of accused, and region (appearing as row headers), 2022, 2021, 2012 and 2012 to 2021 average, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age and gender of accused, and region 2022 2021 2012 2012 to 2021 average
percent
Canada
All accused personsTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 2 87 87 81 85
12 to 17 years 79 76 68 78
18 to 24 years 90 91 88 89
25 to 34 years 90 90 86 90
35 years and older 88 87 82 84
Male accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 87 88 82 86
12 to 17 years 79 77 68 78
18 to 24 years 90 91 90 90
25 to 34 years 91 91 87 90
35 years and older 89 88 83 85
Female accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 81 82 69 80
12 to 17 years 75 69 63 73
18 to 24 years 84 89 72 85
25 to 34 years 82 82 77 84
35 years and older 82 84 69 77
Urban areas of the provinces
All accused personsTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 2 88 89 85 88
12 to 17 years 80 79 73 80
18 to 24 years 90 92 91 91
25 to 34 years 91 92 89 91
35 years and older 89 89 86 87
Male accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 88 90 85 88
12 to 17 years 80 79 73 81
18 to 24 years 91 92 92 91
25 to 34 years 92 93 89 92
35 years and older 90 90 86 88
Female accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 84 84 80 83
12 to 17 years 77 70 79 76
18 to 24 years 86 93 80 87
25 to 34 years 86 81 83 86
35 years and older 84 85 82 80
Southern rural areas
All accused personsTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 2 85 84 72 80
12 to 17 years 68 67 49 66
18 to 24 years 91 90 79 85
25 to 34 years 87 86 82 85
35 years and older 86 83 76 79
Male accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 86 84 74 80
12 to 17 years 68 66 50 67
18 to 24 years 93 90 84 85
25 to 34 years 90 87 81 85
35 years and older 87 84 78 80
Female accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 77 81 59 76
12 to 17 years 60 75 44 61
18 to 24 years 82 88 38 82
25 to 34 years 73 84 82 80
35 years and older 80 76 63 73
Northern rural areas and the Territories
All accused personsTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 2 81 80 68 77
12 to 17 years 77 63 55 68
18 to 24 years 83 80 74 83
25 to 34 years 83 83 69 84
35 years and older 83 85 74 76
Male accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 82 80 72 78
12 to 17 years 78 63 58 68
18 to 24 years 85 82 76 84
25 to 34 years 85 83 72 85
35 years and older 85 85 79 77
Female accusedTable 8 Note 1 Table 8 Note 3 72 79 37 71
12 to 17 years 67 60 33 63
18 to 24 years 72 71 50 72
25 to 34 years 70 82 50 75
35 years and older 74 89 36 71
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).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
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