Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2016
Appendix table 2
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by selected offences, Canada, 2016

Appendix table 2
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by selected offences, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime. The information is grouped by Offence type (appearing as row headers), Victims where a firearm was present, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Offence type Victims where a firearm was present
number percent
Attempted murder 291 50.2
Murder 195 37.9
Robbery 2,873 18.7
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 61 3.1
Extortion 29 2.6
Uttering threats 599 2.0
Assault (all levels) 1,675 1.0
Sexual assault (all levels) 56 0.4
Criminal harassment 14 0.2
Total violent offences 7,104 2.7
Note: Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of cases where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown. Percentage calculations exclude cases where the weapon is unknown. Total does not equal the sum of the categories as not all offences are displayed.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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