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Table 2 Homicides by census metropolitan area

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Homicides by census metropolitan area
  2008
  number rate1
500,000 and over population    
Winnipeg 31 4.07
Edmonton 39 3.44
Calgary 34 2.87
Vancouver 54 2.37
Toronto 103 1.86
Montréal 48 1.27
Ottawa2 11 1.20
Québec 8 1.09
Hamilton 6 0.85
Kitchener 4 0.78
100,000 to less than 500,000 population    
Abbotsford–Mission 8 4.71
Regina 8 3.82
Kelowna 6 3.43
Windsor 7 2.10
Halifax 7 1.77
Saskatoon 4 1.55
Brantford 2 1.46
Victoria 5 1.44
St. Catharines–Niagara 6 1.36
Gatineau3 4 1.35
Greater Sudbury 2 1.22
Oshawa 4 1.12
Saint John 1 0.98
Peterborough 1 0.83
Trois-Rivières 1 0.68
Kingston 1 0.64
St. John's 1 0.55
London 2 0.41
Barrie 0 0.00
Guelph 0 0.00
Moncton 0 0.00
Saguenay 0 0.00
Sherbrooke 0 0.00
Thunder Bay 0 0.00
Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.