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Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2016
Table 6
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by province and territory and north-south region or urban-rural area, 2016

Table 6
Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime, by province and territory and north-south region or urban-rural area, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported firearm-related violent crime. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), South, North, Urban area, Rural area and Total, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	South^{Table 6 Note 1}		North^{Table 6 Note 1}		Urban area^{Table 6 Note 2}		Rural area^{Table 6 Note 2}		Total
Province or territory	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 3}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 3}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 3}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 3}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 3}
Newfoundland and Labrador	56	11.6	10	35.9	22	8.3	44	17.7	66	12.9
Prince Edward Island	15	10.1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	5	5.2	10	19.1	15	10.1
Nova Scotia	117	12.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	85	13.6	32	9.8	117	12.3
New Brunswick	166	21.9	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	109	22.8	57	20.4	166	21.9
Ontario	2,949	22.4	103	12.9	2,897	23.3	155	10.5	3,052	21.9
Manitoba	483	40.7	142	136.2	426	47.9	199	49.7	625	48.5
Saskatchewan	526	48.0	109	270.7	347	48.7	288	68.1	635	55.9
Alberta	1,196	31.1	286	69.2	1,078	30.7	404	53.4	1,482	34.8
British Columbia	761	17.2	103	31.8	775	18.4	89	16.5	864	18.2
Yukon	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	19	50.7	7	23.0	12	169.0	19	50.7
Northwest Territories	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	30	67.5	5	22.7	25	111.6	30	67.5
Nunavut	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	33	89.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	33	89.0	33	89.0
Canada	6,269	24.1	835	45.7	5,756	24.7	1,348	29.5	7,104	25.5
... not applicable Note 1 North encompasses the Territories as well as the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. South refers to the southern regions of these provinces and includes Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Urban area includes police services where at least half of the population policed is located within a census metropolitan area or a census agglomeration. A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core as measured by commuting flows derived from previous census place of work data, where 50% or more of the population commutes into the core. Rural police services are those where the majority of the population lives outside of a CMA or CA. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of cases where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-06-28