List of Canadian provinces and territories by homicide rate explained

This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by homicide rate according to Statistics Canada.^[1]

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Homicide rate by province

Note: The rate columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order. Sort the province/territory column to return to alphabetical order.

Rates are calculated per 100,000 inhabitants per year and sorted by population (note that homicide rates fluctuate a lot for areas with low population).

Province/territory	1990	2000	2010	2015	2016 !2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2012 –2022
style=text-align:left;		1.8	1.35	1.4	1.27	1.48	1.41	1.90	1.74	1.65	1.90	1.91	1.53
style=text-align:left;		2.6	2	1.1	0.97	0.81	1.12	1.00	0.91	1.01	1.05	1.26	1.02
style=text-align:left;		3.3	2.1	1.9	2.01	1.85	2.43	1.86	1.77	1.94	2.40	2.91	2.02
style=text-align:left;		2.9	2	2.1	3.21	2.76	2.81	1.93	2.29	3.24	2.66	2.62	2.58
style=text-align:left;		3.4	2.6	3.7	3.71	3.20	3.52	4.07	5.33	4.49	4.45	6.24	4.27
style=text-align:left;		3.6	2.6	3.2	4.01	4.93	3.30	3.01	4.69	5.43	5.92	5.94	4.09
style=text-align:left;		0.9	1.7	2.3	1.28	1.38	2.21	1.15	0.62	3.77^[2]	2.32	1.86	1.67
style=text-align:left;		1.5	1.3	1.2	1.45	1.44	1.30	1.69	2.19	1.79	1.39	1.85	1.48
style=text-align:left;		0	1.1	0.8	0.57	1.32	0.76	0.38	0.96	0.77	1.54	0.57	0.81
style=text-align:left;		0.8	2.2	0	0.69	0.00	1.33	0.00	1.27	0.62	0.61	0.00	0.66
style=text-align:left;		20.4	2.5	2.3	13.56	6.72	4.46	13.34	4.44	13.23	2.19	6.58	7.94
style=text-align:left;		3.6	6.6	2.9	2.65	10.38	20.20	7.40	2.42	0.00	9.25	4.57	5.90
style=text-align:left;			10.9	18	5.48	2.70	15.98	20.97	18.14	7.66	5.04	2.47	10.48

Table 2

Intentional homicide rate (per 100,000)

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^[3]	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
	0.39	2.4	1.37	0.59	0.98	0.20	0.77	0.76	0.57	1.33	0.38	0.57	1.32	0.76	0.38
	0.00	0.00	0.73	0.00	1.44	0.00	0.00	0.69	0.00	0.69	2.08	0.69	0.00	1.33	0.00
	1.49	2.13	1.71	1.39	1.28	1.60	2.34	2.33	1.80	1.38	0.64	1.28	1.38	2.21	1.15
	0.93	1.20	0.94	1.08	0.40	1.60	1.20	1.06	0.79	0.92	1.32	1.45	1.44	1.30	1.69
	1.47	1.32	1.22	1.17	1.19	1.12	1.07	1.31	1.34	0.86	0.87	0.97	0.81	1.12	0.99
	1.51	1.75	1.55	1.58	1.36	1.36	1.44	1.21	1.22	1.24	1.15	1.27	1.48	1.40	1.86
	4.26	4.16	3.38	5.21	4.51	4.72	3.69	4.38	4.32	4.03	3.52	3.71	3.20	3.52	4.07
	3.91	4.23	4.23	2.99	3.05	3.48	3.23	3.56	2.68	2.82	2.16	3.93	4.84	3.30	2.93
	2.65	3.25	2.78	2.53	3.09	2.64	2.06	3.04	2.25	2.03	2.62	3.21	2.76	2.80	1.88
	2.72	2.41	2.59	2.05	2.71	2.65	1.86	1.95	1.58	1.60	1.89	2.01	1.85	2.42	1.78
	22.24	3.13	0.00	6.14	9.07	5.93	2.89	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.08	2.65	10.38	20.19	7.41
	9.24	0.00	0.00	4.61	6.92	4.64	2.31	6.90	11.46	4.57	6.84	13.56	6.72	4.45	13.47
	13.40	6.59	6.49	22.30	12.54	18.40	17.99	20.47	14.42	11.32	11.12	5.48	2.70	15.98	20.84

See also

• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of cities by murder rate
• Crime in Canada
• List of United States cities by crime rate (2014). Cities with population of 250,000+
• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• Homicide in world cities

Notes and References

1. Web site: www150.statcan.gc.ca . 2020-03-09.
2. The murder rate this year was significantly higher than normal due to the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks
3. Web site: Homicide in Canada, 2018. Statistics Canada. 2019-11-30.