Table 3-b
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2013 to 2023

Table 3B
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2013 to 2023 Table summary
The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2023, 2018 to 2022 and 2013 to 2022, calculated using percent change in rate from 2022, percent change in rate from 2018, percent change in rate from 2013, percent change in rate from average for 2018 to 2022, percent change in rate from average for 2013 to 2022, average number1, average rate2, average number1 and average rate2 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area Table 3B Note 3 2023 2018 to 2022 2013 to 2022
percent change in rate from 2022 percent change in rate from 2018 percent change in rate from 2013 percent change in rate from average for 2018 to 2022 percent change in rate from average for 2013 to 2022 average number Table 3B Note 1 average rate Table 3B Note 2 average number Table 3B Note 1 average rate Table 3B Note 2
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not available for a specific reference period

Note 1

Unless otherwise indicated, reflects the average of the annual numbers for the identified period.

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Note 2

Unless otherwise indicated, reflects the average of the annual rates for the identified period.

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Note 3

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 4

As of the 2021 Census of Population, Fredericton, Drummondville, Red Deer, Kamloops, Chilliwack and Nanaimo became census metropolitan areas (CMAs). Average numbers and average rates for these CMAs are calculated from 2021 to 2022.

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Note 5

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

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Note 6

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

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Note 7

As of the 2016 Census of Population, Belleville–Quinte West (formerly known as Belleville) and Lethbridge became census metropolitan areas (CMAs). Average numbers and average rates for these CMAs are calculated from 2016 to 2022.

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Note 8

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 9

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. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
St. John’s -44.0 -42.4 -26.8 -31.7 -27.8 64 30.0 60 28.4
Halifax -6.5 -5.4 -7.6 0.2 7.9 126 27.3 111 25.3
Moncton 13.4 68.5 150.2 34.1 51.0 66 39.0 56 34.6
Fredericton Table 3B Note 4 -9.2 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period 4.2 4.2 43 35.6 43 35.6
Saguenay 33.9 -37.0 93.2 9.4 12.6 27 15.8 26 15.3
Sherbrooke -11.1 -11.2 -3.0 8.5 1.7 26 12.5 27 13.3
Trois-Rivières 55.4 98.0 101.5 56.0 76.4 35 21.9 31 19.4
Drummondville Table 3B Note 4 7.5 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period -3.0 -3.0 22 20.1 22 20.1
Montréal -12.5 16.5 -14.0 3.2 0.8 1,083 24.8 1,066 25.4
Gatineau Table 3B Note 5 2.2 65.6 3.7 29.8 39.9 80 23.2 72 21.5
Ottawa Table 3B Note 6 5.7 -16.0 22.1 4.9 4.8 259 22.9 245 22.9
Kingston -8.3 -1.2 74.0 -19.3 8.5 35 20.0 26 14.9
Belleville–Quinte West Table 3B Note 7 -25.3 -20.6 .. not available for a specific reference period -18.0 -11.9 22 18.9 20 17.6
Peterborough -31.7 42.2 -43.3 -15.8 -13.1 19 14.4 18 13.9
Toronto Table 3B Note 8 -9.2 -3.8 80.4 0.9 10.9 2,308 40.0 2,049 36.4
Hamilton Table 3B Note 9 10.2 2.3 78.9 14.5 24.8 218 37.2 195 34.1
St. Catharines–Niagara 8.2 26.4 55.2 -0.6 24.3 117 23.7 91 19.0
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo -17.9 45.2 65.5 12.0 35.8 176 28.8 139 23.8
Brantford -19.8 111.6 12.4 -12.6 14.0 58 39.1 43 30.0
Guelph -32.4 -18.7 -17.5 -22.0 -18.5 22 14.7 20 14.1
London -0.2 18.3 65.0 11.3 29.4 121 21.5 100 18.5
Windsor -10.1 3.8 45.8 -7.1 4.0 97 26.9 81 24.0
Barrie 72.8 -5.4 7.1 49.5 41.9 27 16.0 26 16.8
Greater Sudbury -17.8 110.5 142.2 41.7 84.4 39 21.7 30 16.6
Thunder Bay 11.2 52.6 118.4 45.7 66.4 30 23.3 26 20.4
Winnipeg -2.0 -14.8 60.5 -12.2 2.0 509 61.1 430 52.6
Regina -7.6 -10.0 158.9 -8.7 17.3 224 86.5 171 67.2
Saskatoon -5.9 30.2 71.3 -4.8 3.7 184 55.4 163 50.9
Lethbridge Table 3B Note 7 70.0 69.9 .. not available for a specific reference period 63.9 65.2 36 28.7 35 28.4
Calgary -22.5 -4.0 50.8 -11.7 3.8 620 40.4 512 34.3
Red Deer Table 3B Note 4 -2.6 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period -5.2 -5.2 88 84.0 88 84.0
Edmonton 11.4 28.0 62.0 25.8 24.3 539 36.8 523 37.2
Kelowna 18.4 224.0 60.5 32.3 36.3 47 20.6 43 20.0
Kamloops Table 3B Note 4 -6.3 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period 9.0 9.0 40 33.8 40 33.8
Chilliwack Table 3B Note 4 26.4 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period 18.4 18.4 56 46.3 56 46.3
Abbotsford–Mission 11.1 161.3 63.0 70.1 57.6 56 27.4 57 29.6
Vancouver -14.7 2.1 -25.3 -6.9 -15.8 594 21.6 629 23.9
Victoria -61.1 15.9 -18.1 -35.3 -23.4 56 13.5 46 11.4
Nanaimo Table 3B Note 4 -38.2 .. not available for a specific reference period .. not available for a specific reference period -31.1 -31.1 48 39.5 48 39.5
Census metropolitan areas -7.6 6.4 34.0 2.7 10.0 8,287 30.9 7,429 28.8
Non-census metropolitan areas 11.3 65.9 117.2 26.8 49.2 4,159 41.0 3,565 34.8
Canada -1.7 22.1 55.5 9.8 21.1 12,446 33.6 10,993 30.5
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