Table 4
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by most serious type of firearm present, Canada, 2009 to 2023

Table 4
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by most serious type of firearm present, Canada, 2009 to 2023 Table summary
The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Handgun, Rifle or shotgun, Fully automatic or sawed-off firearm, Firearm-like weapon or unknown type of firearm1 and Total, calculated using number, rate, number, rate, number, rate, number, rate, number, rate and Percent change in rate from previous year units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Handgun Rifle or shotgun Fully automatic or sawed-off firearm Firearm-like weapon or unknown type of firearm Table 4 Note 1 Total
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate percent change in rate from previous year
Note ...

not applicable

Note 1

Includes, for example, starter pistols, flare guns, air guns, ghost guns and BB guns. Also includes violent crime 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 the type of weapon was unknown.

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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. 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).
2009 6,376 19.5 1,526 4.7 807 2.5 2,385 7.3 11,094 33.9 ... not applicable
2010 5,111 15.4 1,663 5.0 651 2.0 2,289 6.9 9,714 29.3 -13.4
2011 5,146 15.4 1,470 4.4 544 1.6 2,342 7.0 9,502 28.4 -3.1
2012 4,901 14.5 1,443 4.3 511 1.5 2,348 6.9 9,203 27.2 -4.2
2013 4,390 12.8 1,334 3.9 444 1.3 1,943 5.7 8,111 23.7 -12.8
2014 4,839 14.0 1,377 4.0 390 1.1 2,029 5.9 8,635 25.0 5.4
2015 5,605 16.1 1,675 4.8 547 1.6 2,113 6.1 9,940 28.6 14.3
2016 5,665 16.1 1,806 5.1 466 1.3 2,200 6.3 10,137 28.8 0.8
2017 5,985 16.8 1,973 5.5 714 2.0 2,207 6.2 10,879 30.6 6.0
2018 6,257 17.3 1,884 5.2 642 1.8 2,131 5.9 10,914 30.2 -1.1
2019 6,744 18.4 2,071 5.6 653 1.8 2,428 6.6 11,896 32.5 7.4
2020 6,552 17.7 2,268 6.1 648 1.7 3,146 8.5 12,614 34.0 4.9
2021 6,500 17.4 2,184 5.9 636 1.7 3,246 8.7 12,566 33.7 -0.9
2022 7,486 19.7 2,223 5.9 680 1.8 3,851 10.1 14,240 37.5 11.3
2023 7,050 18.0 2,198 5.6 684 1.8 4,484 11.5 14,416 36.9 -1.7
Percent change in rate, 2022 to 2023 ... not applicable -8.6 ... not applicable -4.0 ... not applicable -2.3 ... not applicable 13.1 ... not applicable -1.7 ... not applicable
Percent change in rate, 2018 to 2023 ... not applicable 4.2 ... not applicable 7.9 ... not applicable -1.5 ... not applicable 94.5 ... not applicable 22.1 ... not applicable
Percent change in rate, 2013 to 2023 ... not applicable 40.5 ... not applicable 44.1 ... not applicable 34.7 ... not applicable 101.8 ... not applicable 55.5 ... not applicable
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