Table 1A
Number of homicides by province or territory, 1979 to 2009

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Year Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia1 Yukon Northwest Territories2 Nunavut Canada
number
1979 5 0 17 11 186 175 44 36 56 90 4 7 .. 631
1980 3 1 12 9 181 158 31 31 55 105 2 4 .. 592
1981 4 1 11 17 186 170 41 29 73 110 1 5 .. 648
1982 6 0 12 13 190 184 35 39 70 109 2 7 .. 667
1983 6 0 13 11 190 202 40 33 75 108 1 3 .. 682
1984 6 0 15 14 198 190 43 30 54 110 2 5 .. 667
19853 5 1 26 14 219 193 26 28 63 113 6 10 .. 704
1986 4 0 15 12 156 139 47 26 64 89 3 14 .. 569
1987 5 0 14 20 174 204 44 30 73 78 0 2 .. 644
1988 7 1 11 8 154 186 31 23 66 80 1 8 .. 576
1989 5 1 16 18 215 175 43 22 67 86 2 7 .. 657
1990 0 1 9 12 184 182 39 36 74 110 1 12 .. 660
1991 10 2 21 17 181 245 42 21 84 128 0 3 .. 754
1992 2 0 21 11 166 242 29 32 92 122 2 13 .. 732
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 120 0 7 .. 627
1994 4 1 19 15 126 192 29 24 66 113 3 4 .. 596
1995 5 1 17 14 135 181 27 21 60 120 4 3 .. 588
1996 7 1 18 9 154 187 45 32 53 125 0 4 .. 635
1997 7 0 24 8 132 178 31 25 61 116 1 3 .. 586
1998 7 1 24 5 137 156 33 33 64 90 3 5 .. 558
1999 2 1 13 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 538
2000 6 3 15 10 150 156 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 546
2001 1 2 9 8 140 170 34 27 70 84 1 4 3 553
2002 2 1 9 9 118 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582
2003 5 1 8 8 99 178 43 41 64 94 1 4 3 549
2004 2 0 14 7 111 187 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 624
2005 11 0 20 9 100 219 49 43 108 101 1 0 2 663
2006 7 1 16 7 93 196 39 42 95 108 0 0 2 606
2007 3 0 13 8 90 202 61 30 88 88 2 2 7 594
2008 5 2 12 3 92 176 54 30 110 117 3 3 4 611
2009 1 0 15 12 88 178 57 36 95 118 2 2 6 610
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. As a result of investigations in Port Coquitlam, B.C., there were 5 homicides reported in 2007, 5 reported in 2004, 7 reported in 2003 and 15 included in 2002 that occurred in previous years.
2. Includes Nunavut before 1999.
3. Excludes 329 victims in the Air India incident.
Note: There are some homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which police submit the Homicide Survey to Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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