Table 2
Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2023 and 2024

Table 2 Incidents of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by census metropolitan area, 2023 and 2024
Table summary
The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2024, 2023 and 2014 to 2023, calculated using number, rate, percent1, percent change in rate from 2023, percent change in rate from 2014, number, rate, percent1, number, average annual rate and percent1 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area Table 2 Note 2 2024 2023 2014 to 2023
number rate percent Table 2 Note 1 percent change in rate from 2023 percent change in rate from 2014 number rate percent Table 2 Note 1 number average annual rate percent Table 2 Note 1
Note ..

not available for a specific reference period

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 because of the incongruity between police service jurisdictional boundaries and CMA boundaries. The CMA of Saint John is not presented in this table because of the exclusion of data from the Saint John Police Force, but it is included (except for the Saint John Police Force) in the CMA total. The CMA of Québec is not presented in this table because of the exclusion of data from the Service de police de la Ville de Québec, but it is included (except for the Service de police de la Ville de Québec) 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 (CMAs). Therefore, data prior to 2021 for these CMAs are excluded from the "2014 to 2023" column.

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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 (CMAs). Therefore, data prior to 2016 for these CMAs are excluded from the "2014 to 2023" column.

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Note 7

Excludes the portions of the Halton Regional Police Service and Durham Regional Police Service that police the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA). The 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 the Halton Regional Police Service that polices the Hamilton census metropolitan area (CMA). The 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, using 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. Because of quality concerns regarding weapon data, the Service de police de la Ville de Québec is excluded. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada's Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey trend database.
St. John’s 67 29.0 1.6 41.9 45.1 46 20.4 1.2 587 27.6 1.9
Halifax 135 25.4 1.9 -4.4 15.1 138 26.6 1.8 1,129 25.3 1.9
Moncton 99 50.4 2.8 -6.5 90.5 101 53.9 2.8 635 38.4 2.3
Fredericton Table 2 Note 3 39 29.2 2.2 -14.0 .. not available for a specific reference period 43 34.0 2.2 129 35.1 2.3
Saguenay 46 26.0 2.0 40.8 14.8 32 18.4 1.5 275 16.3 1.5
Sherbrooke 39 17.3 1.7 23.0 40.1 31 14.1 1.5 274 13.3 1.7
Trois-Rivières 41 23.9 1.9 -28.7 -0.4 56 33.6 2.8 335 21.1 2.0
Drummondville Table 2 Note 3 34 29.6 1.6 51.6 .. not available for a specific reference period 22 19.5 1.1 66 19.9 1.3
Montréal 1,079 23.2 1.9 -10.4 -18.4 1,170 25.9 2.1 10,579 25.0 2.5
Gatineau Table 2 Note 4 83 22.8 1.6 -24.2 13.4 107 30.1 2.3 735 21.7 1.9
Ottawa Table 2 Note 5 268 20.9 2.7 -14.4 -1.1 303 24.4 3.1 2,557 23.4 3.2
Kingston 30 15.8 1.6 -2.1 96.9 30 16.1 1.5 271 15.7 1.6
Belleville–Quinte West Table 2 Note 6 27 21.9 1.7 32.5 .. not available for a specific reference period 20 16.5 1.4 159 17.6 1.5
Peterborough 24 16.5 1.7 15.1 236.0 20 14.4 1.7 172 13.3 1.6
Toronto Table 2 Note 7 2,843 44.8 4.2 12.0 54.1 2,439 40.0 3.8 21,737 38.2 4.5
Hamilton Table 2 Note 8 276 43.7 3.8 0.8 55.5 267 43.3 3.8 2,084 36.2 3.6
St. Catharines–Niagara 133 24.7 2.6 3.5 63.2 125 23.8 2.7 966 20.1 2.9
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 203 28.7 2.0 -11.2 95.3 218 32.4 2.3 1,506 25.5 2.2
Brantford 33 19.8 2.4 -42.2 91.6 55 34.2 2.8 447 30.8 2.6
Guelph 34 21.3 2.3 85.5 115.1 18 11.5 1.4 199 13.9 1.8
London 171 27.3 2.9 12.9 112.8 147 24.2 2.5 1,073 19.7 2.2
Windsor 156 34.9 3.4 39.8 141.4 108 25.0 2.7 864 25.0 3.0
Barrie 35 18.0 1.9 -31.3 62.7 49 26.3 2.5 278 17.2 1.9
Greater Sudbury 76 38.9 2.7 26.5 192.3 58 30.7 1.7 328 18.9 1.5
Thunder Bay 42 31.9 1.4 -6.1 86.0 44 34.0 1.5 280 22.3 1.3
Winnipeg 504 54.6 3.2 0.6 74.6 485 54.3 3.1 4,519 54.8 4.0
Regina 238 84.7 6.2 6.7 168.4 215 79.4 5.6 1,851 72.8 5.8
Saskatoon 177 47.7 3.3 -10.5 12.2 190 53.3 3.8 1,730 53.3 4.1
Lethbridge Table 2 Note 6 35 25.2 1.3 -46.4 .. not available for a specific reference period 63 47.1 2.2 311 30.9 1.7
Calgary 617 34.6 3.3 -11.8 34.3 660 39.3 3.6 5,454 36.1 3.8
Red Deer Table 2 Note 3 44 39.0 1.8 -50.7 .. not available for a specific reference period 86 79.0 3.2 262 82.3 3.5
Edmonton 622 38.0 2.7 -18.7 17.3 731 46.7 3.3 5,593 39.1 3.2
Kelowna 59 23.6 1.2 -15.0 7.9 68 27.7 1.5 463 21.3 1.5
Kamloops Table 2 Note 3 43 34.4 1.5 -8.4 .. not available for a specific reference period 46 37.6 1.5 126 35.1 1.4
Chilliwack Table 2 Note 3 38 30.1 1.1 -46.8 .. not available for a specific reference period 70 56.5 2.0 182 49.8 1.9
Abbotsford–Mission 81 36.5 2.2 -20.9 26.6 99 46.1 2.9 619 31.4 2.4
Vancouver 437 14.1 1.4 -31.2 -46.9 609 20.4 1.8 6,235 23.1 2.2
Victoria 44 10.0 0.7 11.0 67.9 39 9.0 0.6 456 11.4 0.9
Nanaimo Table 2 Note 3 39 30.6 1.4 19.5 .. not available for a specific reference period 32 25.6 1.1 128 34.8 1.5
Census metropolitan areas 9,286 30.9 2.6 -3.7 24.8 9,311 32.1 2.7 77,889 29.8 3.0
Non-census metropolitan areas 5,202 51.2 2.5 -4.4 99.7 5,368 53.6 2.6 38,611 37.6 2.2
Canada 14,488 36.0 2.6 -4.2 43.9 14,679 37.6 2.7 116,500 32.0 2.7
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