Table 3-a
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2013, 2018, 2022 and 2023

Table 3A
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2013, 2018, 2022 and 2023 Table summary
The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2023, 2022, 2018 and 2013, calculated using number, rate, percent1, number, rate, percent1, number, rate, percent1, number, rate and percent1 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area Table 3A Note 2 2023 2022 2018 2013
number rate percent Table 3A Note 1 number rate percent Table 3A Note 1 number rate percent Table 3A Note 1 number rate percent Table 3A Note 1
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Note 1

Reflects the proportion of violent crime that was firearm-related.

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Note 2

The Oshawa census metropolitan area (CMA) is not presented in this table due to the incongruity between police service jurisdictional boundaries and CMA boundaries. The CMA of Saint John is not presented in this table due to the exclusion of data from the Saint John Police Service, but it is included (except for the Saint John Police Service) in the CMA total. The CMA of Québec is not presented in this table due to the exclusion of data from the Québec City Police Service, but it is included (except for the Québec City Police Service) in the CMA total.

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Note 3

As of the 2021 Census of Population, Fredericton, Drummondville, Red Deer, Kamloops, Chilliwack and Nanaimo became census metropolitan areas.

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Note 4

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.

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Note 5

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.

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Note 6

As of the 2016 Census of Population, Belleville–Quinte West (formerly known as Belleville) and Lethbridge became census metropolitan areas.

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Note 7

Excludes the portions of Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service that police the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA). Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service are included in the CMA total.

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Note 8

Excludes the portion of Halton Regional Police Service that polices the Hamilton census metropolitan area (CMA). Halton Regional Police Service is included in the CMA total.

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Note: Firearm-related violent crime includes incidents where the most serious violation was a firearm-specific violent offence (discharging a firearm with intent, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence, pointing a firearm) 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 as well as incidents where the police did not provide victim records. A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A census agglomeration (CA) must have a core population of at least 10,000. Rural areas are all areas outside of CMAs and CAs. Due to data quality concerns, the Québec City Police Service is excluded. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on 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).
St. John’s 46 20.5 1.2 80 36.6 2.2 75 35.6 2.5 57 28.0 1.9
Halifax 142 27.3 1.9 146 29.3 2.0 124 28.9 2.1 120 29.6 2.7
Moncton 98 52.3 2.8 82 46.2 2.3 50 31.1 1.9 30 20.9 1.6
Fredericton Table 3A Note 3 47 37.1 2.4 50 40.8 2.7 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Saguenay 30 17.2 1.4 22 12.9 1.0 46 27.4 2.8 15 8.9 0.9
Sherbrooke 30 13.6 1.5 33 15.3 1.8 31 15.3 1.8 27 14.0 2.0
Trois-Rivières 57 34.2 2.9 36 22.0 1.8 27 17.3 1.7 26 17.0 2.0
Drummondville Table 3A Note 3 22 19.5 1.1 20 18.1 1.2 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Montréal 1,161 25.6 2.1 1,288 29.2 2.5 943 22.0 2.4 1,174 29.7 3.3
Gatineau Table 3A Note 4 107 30.1 2.3 103 29.4 2.2 61 18.2 1.6 93 29.0 2.6
Ottawa Table 3A Note 5 298 24.0 3.0 273 22.7 2.9 306 28.6 3.7 191 19.7 2.9
Kingston 30 16.1 1.5 32 17.6 1.7 28 16.3 1.7 15 9.3 0.9
Belleville–Quinte West Table 3A Note 6 19 15.5 1.4 25 20.8 1.8 22 19.5 1.7 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Peterborough 17 12.1 1.4 24 17.7 2.0 11 8.5 1.0 26 21.4 2.6
Toronto Table 3A Note 7 2,449 40.4 3.9 2,606 44.4 4.7 2,374 41.9 4.9 1,195 22.4 2.9
Hamilton Table 3A Note 8 262 42.6 3.8 233 38.7 3.5 237 41.6 4.4 129 23.8 2.6
St. Catharines–Niagara 124 23.6 2.7 111 21.8 2.7 89 18.7 2.8 68 15.2 2.1
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 218 32.3 2.3 251 39.3 2.7 129 22.2 1.9 104 19.5 2.3
Brantford 55 34.2 2.8 66 42.6 3.6 23 16.2 1.4 41 30.4 2.9
Guelph 18 11.5 1.4 26 17.0 2.0 20 14.1 1.6 18 13.9 1.9
London 146 23.9 2.5 141 24.0 2.4 109 20.2 2.3 72 14.5 1.8
Windsor 108 25.0 2.7 116 27.8 3.3 77 24.1 2.9 52 17.1 1.8
Barrie 45 23.9 2.3 25 13.8 1.4 37 25.2 2.7 32 22.3 2.7
Greater Sudbury 58 30.7 1.8 69 37.4 2.3 26 14.6 1.2 21 12.7 1.3
Thunder Bay 44 33.9 1.5 39 30.5 1.5 28 22.2 1.4 19 15.5 1.0
Winnipeg 479 53.7 3.1 467 54.7 3.3 514 63.0 4.6 267 33.4 3.0
Regina 215 78.9 5.6 224 85.4 6.9 224 87.6 7.0 71 30.5 2.6
Saskatoon 188 52.7 3.8 191 56.1 4.1 131 40.5 3.5 90 30.8 2.3
Lethbridge Table 3A Note 6 63 47.0 2.2 36 27.6 1.3 34 27.6 1.5 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Calgary 600 35.6 3.4 730 46.0 4.6 553 37.1 3.7 321 23.6 3.3
Red Deer Table 3A Note 3 87 79.6 3.2 86 81.8 3.6 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Edmonton 726 46.3 3.3 626 41.5 3.1 513 36.1 3.0 365 28.6 2.5
Kelowna 67 27.3 1.4 55 23.1 1.2 18 8.4 0.9 32 17.0 1.5
Kamloops Table 3A Note 3 45 36.8 1.5 47 39.3 1.5 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Chilliwack Table 3A Note 3 69 54.8 2.0 53 43.4 1.8 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Abbotsford–Mission 99 46.6 2.9 87 41.9 2.9 35 17.8 1.5 51 28.6 2.7
Vancouver 597 20.1 1.8 672 23.6 2.1 524 19.7 2.0 662 26.9 2.7
Victoria 38 8.7 0.6 96 22.5 1.5 30 7.5 0.6 39 10.7 1.0
Nanaimo Table 3A Note 3 34 27.2 1.2 54 44.0 1.9 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period
Census metropolitan areas 9,203 31.7 2.7 9,624 34.3 3.0 7,676 29.8 3.1 5,623 23.6 2.7
Non-census metropolitan areas 5,213 52.0 2.6 4,616 46.7 2.4 3,238 31.3 2.1 2,488 23.9 1.6
Canada 14,416 36.9 2.6 14,240 37.5 2.8 10,914 30.2 2.7 8,111 23.7 2.2
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