Table 2
Homicides by census metropolitan area

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Homicides by census metropolitan area

Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides by census metropolitan area. The information is grouped by census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers),  2009, 2010 and 2000 to 2009, calculated using number, rate and average number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area  2009 2010 2000 to 2009
  number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 average number rateNote 1
Thunder Bay 6 5.0 5 4.2 2 1.5
Saskatoon 6 2.3 10 3.7 7 2.8
Regina 4 1.9 8 3.7 7 3.7
Winnipeg 32 4.2 22 2.8 25 3.5
Halifax 12 3.0 11 2.7 7 1.9
Edmonton 30 2.6 32 2.7 32 3.0
Greater Sudbury 4 2.4 4 2.4 2 1.4
Abbotsford–MissionNote 2 9 5.2 4 2.3 5 3.1
MonctonNote 3 2 1.5 3 2.2 1 1.0
Saint John 0 0.0 2 1.9 1 0.8
KingstonNote 2 4 2.5 3 1.9 3 1.7
London 3 0.6 9 1.8 6 1.2
KelownaNote 3 3 1.7 3 1.7 4 2.2
Hamilton 9 1.3 12 1.7 10 1.4
PeterboroughNote 3 1 0.8 2 1.6 1 0.6
Oshawa 3 0.8 6 1.5 3 0.8
Vancouver 61 2.6 36 1.5 54 2.5
Toronto 90 1.6 80 1.4 95 1.8
Victoria 3 0.9 5 1.4 4 1.3
OttawaNote 4 10 1.1 13 1.4 10 1.2
Montréal 44 1.2 49 1.3 59 1.6
Calgary 24 2.0 15 1.2 22 2.1
St. John's 0 0.0 2 1.1 1 0.7
BarrieNote 3 1 0.5 2 1.0 2 1.0
St. Catherines–Niagara 5 1.1 4 0.9 6 1.4
Québec 2 0.3 6 0.8 5 0.7
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 4 0.8 4 0.8 5 1.0
BrantfordNote 3 2 1.4 1 0.7 2 1.3
Sherbrooke 1 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.6
GatineauNote 5 2 0.7 1 0.3 3 1.2
Saguenay 5 3.5 0 0.0 2 1.0
Windsor 5 1.5 0 0.0 6 1.7
Trois-Rivières 3 2.0 0 0.0 2 1.1
GuelphNote 3 1 0.8 0 0.0 1 0.8
Note 1.

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.

Note 2.

Abbotsford–Mission and Kingston became census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in 2001. Average number and rate are calculated from 2001 to 2009.

Note 3.

Moncton, Kelowna, Peterborough, Barrie, Brantford and Guelph became CMAs in 2006. Average number and rate are calculated from 2006 to 2009.

Note 4.

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Note 5.

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.