Number and percentage of homicide victims, by type of firearm used to commit the homicide^{1 2 3}

Source: Statistics Canada, Homicide Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.

Homicide includes Criminal Code offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide.

The total count of a given year's number of homicides could include incidents that occurred in previous years. Homicides are allotted to the year in which they become known to or are deemed homicides by police, according to the report date submitted to Statistics Canada.

Number of victims of firearm-related homicides committed using the type of firearm listed.

Firearm-related homicide victims as a percentage of all homicide victims excluding those for which the cause of death is unknown.

Victims of firearm-related homicides committed using the type of firearm listed as a percentage of all firearm-related homicide victims excluding those for which "Other firearms - type unknown" was reported.

The addition of the "Fully automatic firearm" category in 1991 and the improvement in the identification of firearms in general and the classification of sawed-off rifles and shotguns may account for some of the decrease in the numbers for the "Other firearms - type unknown" category.

Includes weapons such as nail guns, pellet guns and flare guns.