Table 4
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 1999 to 2009
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Year | Type of firearm | |||||||||||||
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Handgun | Rifle or shotgun | Sawed-off rifle or shotgun | Fully automatic firearm | Firearm-like weapons1 | Unknown type | Total | ||||||||
number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | percent of firearm homicides | number of victims | Homicides involving firearms as a percent of total homicides |
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1999 | 89 | 55.3 | 58 | 36.0 | 6 | 3.7 | 6 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.2 | 4 | ... | 165 | 30.9 |
2000 | 107 | 59.4 | 58 | 32.2 | 11 | 6.1 | 4 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | ... | 184 | 33.9 |
2001 | 110 | 65.5 | 46 | 27.4 | 7 | 4.2 | 3 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 3 | ... | 171 | 31.1 |
2002 | 98 | 66.7 | 40 | 27.2 | 6 | 4.1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | ... | 152 | 26.3 |
2003 | 110 | 70.1 | 32 | 20.4 | 13 | 8.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | ... | 161 | 29.5 |
2004 | 112 | 67.5 | 37 | 22.3 | 15 | 9.0 | 2 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | ... | 173 | 28.0 |
2005 | 130 | 62.5 | 59 | 28.4 | 11 | 5.3 | 7 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 15 | ... | 223 | 34.4 |
2006 | 110 | 62.1 | 38 | 21.5 | 25 | 14.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 13 | ... | 190 | 32.0 |
2007 | 126 | 70.8 | 32 | 18.0 | 17 | 9.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 10 | ... | 188 | 32.2 |
2008r | 123 | 68.7 | 34 | 19.0 | 17 | 9.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 21 | ... | 200 | 33.9 |
2009 | 112 | 69.1 | 29 | 17.9 | 14 | 8.6 | 6 | 3.7 | 1 | 0.6 | 17 | ... | 179 | 30.2 |
r revised ... not applicable. 1. Firearm-like weapons include nail gun, pellet gun, etc. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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