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Gang-related homicides, and homicides committed with a firearm by census metropolitan area, greater than 500,000 population, 2007
Total homicides
Firearm homicides
Gang-related homicides
number rate¹ number rate¹ number rate¹
Winnipeg
26 3.55 5 0.68 5 0.68
Edmonton
36 3.28 13 1.19 16 1.46
Calgary
36 3.14 7 0.61 4 0.35
Vancouver
55 2.41 24 1.05 19 0.83
Toronto
111 2.01 54 0.98 23 0.42
Montréal
59 1.58 22 0.59 20 0.54
Ottawa²
14 1.57 5 0.56 0 0.00
Hamilton
11 1.56 2 0.28 3 0.42
Québec
0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
Homicides by province/territory
2007
2006r
1997 to 2006
number rate¹ number rate¹ average number average rate¹
Canada 594 1.80 606 1.86 581 1.86
Newfoundland and Labrador
3 0.59 7 1.37 5 0.95
Prince Edward Island
0 0.00 1 0.72 1 0.73
Nova Scotia
13 1.39 16 1.71 15 1.63
New Brunswick
8 1.07 7 0.93 8 1.07
Quebec
90 1.17 93 1.22 122 1.64
Ontario
201 1.57 196 1.54 178 1.49
Manitoba
62 5.22 39 3.31 37 3.21
Saskatchewan
30 3.01 42 4.25 32 3.15
Alberta
88 2.53 95 2.82 74 2.39
British Columbia
88 2.01 108 2.50 103 2.50
Yukon
2 6.45 0 0.00 2 5.52
Northwest Territories
2 4.69 0 0.00 3 5.55
Nunavut²
7 22.50 2 6.58 3 9.11
r revised
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. The average in Nunavut is calculated from 1999 to 2006.
