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| Year | Canada |
|---|---|
| rate per 100,000 population | |
| 1961 | 1.28 |
| 1962 | 1.43 |
| 1963 | 1.32 |
| 1964 | 1.31 |
| 1965 | 1.41 |
| 1966 | 1.25 |
| 1967 | 1.66 |
| 1968 | 1.81 |
| 1969 | 1.86 |
| 1970 | 2.19 |
| 1971 | 2.15 |
| 1972 | 2.34 |
| 1973 | 2.43 |
| 1974 | 2.63 |
| 1975 | 3.03 |
| 1976 | 2.85 |
| 1977 | 3.00 |
| 1978 | 2.76 |
| 1979 | 2.61 |
| 1980 | 2.41 |
| 1981 | 2.61 |
| 1982 | 2.66 |
| 1983 | 2.69 |
| 1984 | 2.60 |
| 1985 | 2.72 |
| 1986 | 2.18 |
| 1987 | 2.43 |
| 1988 | 2.15 |
| 1989 | 2.41 |
| 1990 | 2.38 |
| 1991 | 2.69 |
| 1992 | 2.58 |
| 1993 | 2.19 |
| 1994 | 2.06 |
| 19951 | 2.01 |
| 1996 | 2.14 |
| 1997 | 1.96 |
| 1998 | 1.85 |
| 1999 | 1.77 |
| 2000 | 1.78 |
| 2001 | 1.78 |
| 2002 | 1.86 |
| 2003 | 1.74 |
| 2004 | 1.95 |
| 2005 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 1.86 |
| 2007 | 1.80 |
| 2008 | 1.83 |
| 2009 | 1.81 |
| Average from 1961 to 2008 | 2.13 |
| 1. Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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